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Physical activity has been shown to benefit not only health outcomes in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) but also reduce challenging behavior and increase on task behavior. The goal of this review is to update and extend Lancioni and O'Reilly (1998) literature review of physical activity for people with severe to profound ID. Specifically, this review sought to determine how physical activity was being used to increase health-related outcomes with people with mild to profound ID or related disabilities (e.g., Down's syndrome, traumatic brain injury), and how physical activity has been used as an intervention. Findings from the review indicate that intensity of the physical activity used may have an effect on the outcomes as well. Finally, this review highlighted the need for more research on physical activity for people with ID.