COVID-19 and the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Where Have We Been? Where Are We? Where Do We Go?
James R. Thompson, Margaret A. Nygren
Abstract
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected, and will continue to affect, every aspect of the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) community. We provide recommendations to (a) support people with IDD and the broader of field of IDD during the course of the pandemic, and (b) place the IDD community in a strong position when the health threats associated with the pandemic abate and post-pandemic social and policy structures are formed.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Intellectual disability2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Field (mathematics)Position (finance)PsychologyPolitical scienceMedicineVirologyPsychiatryBusinessDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakFinanceMathematicsPure mathematicsPathologyDown syndrome and intellectual disability researchFrailty in Older AdultsChronic Disease Management Strategies