These days, among two million Americans, around 20,000 have ankylosing spondylitis (an autoimmune disease I have that can lead to a crooked spine), 50,000 are mentally retarded,
112 at least 50,000 are schizophrenic,
113 35,000 have dementia (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, etc.),
114 10,000 are severely autistic, and 650 are deaf-blind.
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