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Category: Research

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Are AAC Users at Greater Risk of Dying from COVID? (Updated)

December 20, 2020 Communication First

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These nine studies, published between May and December 2020, tell us people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (including those who rely on AAC) are between 1.7 and 16 times more likely to die from COVID if they get it than those who do not have I/DD. 

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