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19 – studies Corona-risk for people with intellectual disability published in

The risk to die of a Covid-19 infection, is for people with intellectual disabilities is not much higher than for the total population.

The first results of three studies from the USA, the Netherlands and Sweden, the Institute for the participation in research of the Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia has presented.

Differences in the Age structure of deceased patients and of patients: During the study, 1.7 percent died of the Under-18-Year-old with spirits of the disability on the consequences of an infection were in children and adolescents without intellectual disability 0.1 percent. The mortality rate in adults with intellectual disabilities between the ages of 18 and 74 years of age was 4.5 per cent, compared with 2.7 percent in the same age group for people without intellectual disability. Of the more than 75 Years of mortality in the two groups, one out of every five.

The University explained the findings this way: COVID-19-patients with intellectual disabilities would have more common diseases, which would be considered as risks for heavy gradients. Nevertheless, the Mortality is to assess risk overall, unlike in the case of very old people in nursing homes. The talk, to distinguish in the Corona-regulations of the countries more clearly than before between facilities and services for the disabled and elderly care facilities.

The handling of the Corona of a pandemic will also be the main topic of, if tomorrow in Berlin for the first Time, the so-called “disabled people’s Parliament” meets. This is part of an Alliance of associations for the disabled out. The Initiative calls for more participation and a stronger participation in processes of disabled people in Germany, in political decision-making.

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