People with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average

<p>Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidable</p><p>People living with severe intellectual disabilities are dying 24 years younger on average than the wider population, a study has found, with 40% of such deaths being avoidable.</p><p>The study also found that within this group, people from minority ethnic backgrounds were dying 14 years younger than their white counterparts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/17/severe-intellectual-disabilities-life-expectancy-study">Continue reading...</a>