Intellectual and developmental disabilities: Nurse advocacy
American Nurse
JUNE 30, 2025
The numbers and the need Healthy People 2030 calls for the improved health and well-being of those with disabilities. In patients with IDD, constipation sometimes presents as maladaptive behaviors, such as self-injury or lashing out. The World Health Organization notes that 25% of the U.S. billion (16% of the world’s population).
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