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Pandemic Threatening People With Developmental, Intellectual Disabilities.
AP (6/11, Mohr, Weiss, Dunklin) reports on “the threat of the pandemic to a highly vulnerable population that is flying almost completely under the radar: The developmentally and intellectually disabled.” Although “nursing homes have come under the spotlight, little attention has gone toward facilities nationwide that house at least 275,000 people with conditions such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism.” Many of these people “have severe underlying medical issues that leave them vulnerable to the coronavirus.” So far, “at least 5,800 residents in such facilities nationwide have...contracted COVID-19, and more than 680 have died.” The AP (6/11, Mohr, Weiss, Dunklin) reports in a separate piece that “advocates are urging the