Transcription of Intellectual Disabilities Fact Sheet
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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 category in IDEA, the nation’s
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