Viewpoint

Promoting Health Equity for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Research

JAMA Internal Medicine 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7419

February 02, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint describes the historical and current exclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from research and gives recommendations for their equitable inclusion.

Corresponding Author: Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th St, Ste 120B, Seattle, WA 98145-5005 (dchristakis@specialolympics.org).

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