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THE GRAYING OF DISABLED AMERICA
by Andrea R. Friedman, M.Ed. with Jeffrey H. Minde, C.S.W.

For the first time in human experience persons with developmental disabilities are living longer. The average life span of an individual with Down Syndrome has increased from 9 years in the 1920s to 65 years or greater as of the end of the 1990s.In large part, this increase in life span is directly attributable to a general improvement in overall health care . . . read more