This is from the website Disability World..
Some Quick Disability Facts-
- People with disabilities are the largest minority group, the only one any person can join at any time.
- The word "disabled" is defined as having a physical or mental disability: unable to perform one or more natural activities ( such as walking or seeing) because of illness, injury, etc.
- About 1 in 5 people in America currently has a disability.
- 33 % of 20-year-old workers will become disabled before reaching retirement age.
- over a billion people, around 15 % of the world's population, have some form of disability.
- Between 110 million and 190 million adults worldwide have significant difficulties in functioning.
- People with disabilities are increasing due to population aging and increases in chronic health conditions.
- One of the key challenges for a person with a disability is to be seen by the public, to be portrayed in media outlets,and treated by health care professionals , as an individual with their own abilities, not just stereotyped as a "disabled person".
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