In the News: Scott D. Landes
Landes discusses vaccines for those aiding people with IDD in LAist article
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, United States
London, Landes article on ADHD among US adults published in Journal of Attention Disorders
Landes, London, Wilmoth article on service-connected disability published in Armed Forces & Society
Sociologists explore veteran service-connected disability in new study
Landes speaks to PBS about COVID-19 vaccines for people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, Longevity, Mental Health, United States
Introducing the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Age-at-Death Data Tracker
This data slice introduces a new data tracking tool that shows age-at-death trends for adults with intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other rare developmental disabilities, as well as those without IDD.
Landes talks to CBS about COVID-19 reporting of people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Housing, IDD, United States
Uncertainty Leads to Less Accuracy on Death Certificates for Adults with Intellectual Disability
This research brief examines whether uncertainty surrounding the death is associated with the inaccurate reporting of intellectual disability as the underlying cause of death.
Landes quoted in CTV story on COVID-19 vaccine, people with disabilities
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, Mental Health, Social Justice, Southeast Asia
Landes study on signature authority, cause of death accuracy published
Landes, London study on self-reported ADHD and adult health published
Landes comments on vaccine prioritization for people with IDD in Washington Post
See related: COVID-19, IDD, U.S. Health Policy, United States
COVID Risk for people with Intellectual or Development Disabilities Varies by Type of Residence
COVID-19 case and fatality rates are higher for people with IDD who are living in Skilled Nursing Facilities compared with those living in other types of facilities or those living in individual residences or their family home.
Progress in Closing Age-at-Death Disparity for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities
Landes study on COVID-19 impact on people with IDD in California published
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Less Worthy Lives? We Must Prioritize People with Disabilities in COVID Vaccine Allocation
Individuals with developmental and intellectual disability should prioritized during COVID-19 vaccination allocation.
New study examines age‐at‐death disparity, people with and without IDD
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Landes quoted in New York Times article on COVID-19, people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, IDD, United States
Landes cited in Harvard Political Review article on disability housing, COVID-19
See related: COVID-19, Housing, IDD, United States
COVID Trends Among Adults with Disabilities Living in Residential Group Homes in NYS through 7/10/20
While COVID-19 case rates increased between April 10, 2020 and July 10, 2020 for both groups, from April 10 to May 1, the case rate increased by 2.5 times for people with IDD, from 2,225 to 5,544 cases per 100,000, but only increased by 1.6 times for New York State, from 886 to 1,584 cases per 100,000.