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Photograph taken from the back of an elementary or middle school classroom, showing a group of students seated at wooden desks facing a teacher at the front of the room. In the foreground center, a student in a green long-sleeve shirt sits in a wheelchair at a desk. Around him, other students sit in classroom chairs at similar desks: a girl in a yellow shirt on the far left, a girl in a cream-colored top next to her, a boy in a striped blue-and-white shirt, a boy in a dark hoodie, and a girl in a pink sweater on the right with a mint-green backpack hanging on her chair. At the front of the classroom, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a beige cardigan over a white top and dark pants, stands facing the students with her hands raised as if mid-explanation. Behind her is a large blank whiteboard, a bulletin board with blue trim, a small bookshelf with a potted plant on top, and a window letting in natural light on the left side of the room. The image has a soft, warm, naturally lit classroom atmosphere with a shallow depth of field that keeps the foreground student in sharpest focus.

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A close-up, softly focused shot of a patient lying in a hospital bed, seen from the side. Their hand rests on the blue blanket with a pulse oximeter clipped to a fingertip, and an IV line is visible near the wrist. The metal bed rail is in sharp focus in the foreground, with the patient and blue-toned hospital linens blurred behind it, giving the image a somber, clinical mood.

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August 20, 2026

Life Expectancy Shorter for People With Disabilities

New data on the life expectancy of someone with an intellectual disability compared to their peers.
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