Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Population Health Research Brief Series
COVID-19 Risk for Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities Varies by Type of Residential Setting
Ashlyn W. W. A. Wong , Scott D. Landes
January 2021
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.