James R. Thompson, University of Kansas; Editor, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Margaret A. Nygren, Executive Director and CEO, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2020 Aug 1;58(4):257-261. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-58.4.257.
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.
冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行已经影响到,并将继续影响到智障(ID)社区的各个方面。我们提出了以下建议:(a)在大流行期间支持智障人士和更广泛的智障领域;(b)当与大流行相关的健康威胁减弱和大流行后的社会及政策结构形成时,使智障社区处于有利地位。