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People with intellectual disabilities are often overlooked in pandemic response

Posted on February 12, 2021

Originally published February 12, 2021 by Delaware Public Media
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The front of a brick house, which serves as a group home in Middletown, Delaware

Although an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. with intellectual and developmental disabilities live in congregate housing, ranging from group homes to intermediate care facilities, the federal government does not collect data from them related to Covid-19. The result is that states decide whether to collect that data, leading to a wide range of policies and an unclear picture of the pandemic’s effects on people with disabilities.

Read the full story from Delaware Public Media here.

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