Success In The Imperfect Policy World: The Best Of The 2024 OPEN MINDS I/DD Executive Summit

There are at least 10 million people in the U.S. with an intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD). Prevalence of I/DDs is in the range of 20 to 30 per 1,000 people and continues to grow (see;Prevalence And Trends Of Developmental Disabilities Among Children In The United States: 2009–2017).

Consumers with autism and I/DD have overall health status that is worse than the general population. This is due to a high level of co-occurring chronic conditions, from diabetes, to epilepsy, to mental illness (see Reducing Health Disparity In People With Intellectual . . .