Intellectual Disabilities Fact Sheet

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Intellectual Disabilities? Intellectual disability is the most common developmental disability.1 Approximately 6.5 million people in the United States have an intellectual disability.2 More than 545,000 children (ages 6-21) have some level of intellectual disability and receive special education services in public school under this

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