Newsweek (5/29, Gander) reports “people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without, according to a study.” The authors of a “paper published in the journal Disability and Health Journal believe that the between 2.6 to four million people in the U.S.
who have an intellectual or developmental disability, such as cerebral palsy or Down’s syndrome, may be vulnerable because they are more likely to have underlying conditions such as high blood pressure, heart and respiratory diseases, and diabetes.”.