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5 hot topic(s) found with the query "Intellectual disabilities"

Underdiagnosis of autism in children with fragile X syndrome reveals need for better education, early screening
E Bluvas, Medical Xpress, August 2023 (Posted: Sep 01, 2023 0PM)

From the article: A recent study "conducted comprehensive, best-practice clinical autism diagnostic assessments in young males (ages 15-24) with fragile X syndrome (i.e., the most common single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual disabilities). The study found that, although 75 percent of participants met criteria for autism through the research protocol, only 31 percent had been identified as having autism in the community."

Health Equity for People with Disabilities
CDC, July 2021 Brand (Posted: Jul 08, 2021 8AM)

An estimated one in four, or 61 million adults in the United States reported a disability. People with disabilities (such mobility limitations, deafness and blindness, or intellectual disabilities) face many challenges to achieving optimal health and accessing high-quality health care. Data from 2019 shows, compared to people without disabilities, people with disabilities have less access to health care, have more depression and anxiety, engage more often in risky health behaviors such as smoking, and are less physically active.

COVID-19 infection and outcomes in a population-based cohort of 17,173 adults with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population
A Henderson et al, MEDRXIV, February 9, 2021 (Posted: Feb 09, 2021 8AM)

Adults with intellectual disabilities had higher rates of COVID-19 infection (957/100,000 versus 513/100,000); severe infection (549/100,000 versus 237/100,000); mortality (259/100,000 versus 114/100,000); and case-fatality (30% versus 24%). Poorer COVID-19 outcomes remained after standardizing for age, sex, and deprivation.

Developmental Disabilities Heighten Risk of Covid Death
RC Rabin, NY Times, November 11, 2020 (Posted: Nov 12, 2020 8AM)

People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders are three times more likely to die of Covid-19, compared with patients without the conditions, a new analysis found.

Team links gene to children with physical and intellectual disabilities
S Yozwiak, Medical Xpress, August 15, 2019 (Posted: Aug 16, 2019 8AM)

The results of a study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, suggest that rare variants in the gene DDX6 are associated with a significant disruption in the development of the central nervous system, governing such basic skills as the ability to walk and talk.


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