Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Call for Accurate Cause of Death Reporting

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Dalton StevensFollow
Scott D. LandesFollow

Description/Abstract

Why might the COVID19 case fatality rate be higher among people with intellectual and development disabilities?

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Document Type

Research Brief

Keywords

COVID-19, Coronavirus, Intellectual disability, developmental disability, death certificates

Disciplines

Disability Studies | Other Public Health

Date

4-14-2020

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Professor Shannon Monnat for editorial and substantive feedback on this brief and Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer for finding and sending reports on disability and COVID-19.

Recommended Citation

Stevens, Dalton and Landes, Scott D., "Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Call for Accurate Cause of Death Reporting" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 57.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/57

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