Misperceptions Of People With Disabilities Lead To Low-Quality Care: How Policy Makers Can Counter The Harm And Injustice

Today, in the United States, if you are a person with a physical, intellectual, or developmental disability, your life expectancy is less than that of someone without disabilities. You are at a higher risk factor for early onset of cardiovascular disease than those without disabilities. You are more than twice as likely to be obese than people without disabilities. You are more than three times likely to have diabetes than those without disabilities.
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