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Rich Lord

Rich is the managing editor of PublicSource. He joined the team in 2020, serving as a reporter focused on housing and economic development and an assistant editor. He reported for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 2005 through early 2020, leading projects on child poverty, the opioid epidemic, communities with concentrations of people accessing mental health services, and the federal use of confidential informants. He was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, for reporting on the Tree of Life massacre.

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A Developmental Disability Diagnosis Can Hit Hard – But It Isn’t a Knockout

By Rich Lord

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Mental health news

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February 5, 2025

Across the country, the number of people diagnosed with developmental disabilities is rising, with implications for those individuals and the economy. This story looks at the experience of a family – and an editor – in Pittsburgh.