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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 6-16Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.1123
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intellectual disability; mental retardation; adulthood; life expectancy; mortality; morbidity; Down syndrome; cerebral palsy; phenylketonuria; Rett syndrome; Angelman syndrome; Williams Beuren syndrome; Prader-Willi syndrome; Cornelia de Lange syndrome; Sanfilippo syndrome; fragile X syndrome; tuberous sclerosis complex
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Increases in the life expectancy of people with Intellectual Disability have followed similar trends to those found in the general population. With the exception of people with severe and multiple disabilities or Down syndrome, the life expectancy of this group now closely approximates with that of the general population. Middle and old age, which until 30 years ago were not recognized in this population, are now important parts of the life course of these individuals. Older adults with Intellectual Disabilities form a small, but significant and growing proportion of older people in the community. How these persons grow older and how symptoms and complications of the underlying cause of the Intellectual Disability will influence their life expectancy is of the utmost importance. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Disabil Res Rev 2013;18:6-16.
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