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IT WAS ABILITY THAT MATTERED, NOT DISABILITY, WHICH IS A WORD
I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT USING.
Marlee Matlin
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• The ADA’s definition of a disability isaphysicalormental impairmentthatsubstantially limits one or more oflife’smajoractivities.
• Not all disabilities are visible. Forexamplediabetes,cancer,depression,heartdiseaseandAlzheimer’sdiseaseallfallunderthecategoryofainvisibledisabilities.
• Almost half of the accommodationsneeded by employers and jobapplicants with disabilities withdisabilitiescostabsolutelynothing.
• Americans with disabilities are thelargest minority population in thecountry,withover50millionpeople.
• This group has $220 billion indiscretionaryspendingpowerand$1trillioninconsolidatedbuyingpower.
• 92% of U.S. customers feel morefavorable towards a business thathirespeoplewithdisabilities.
FACTS & STATS
• The average citizen will experience 13 years of a disability in his or her lifetime.
• Of the 69 million families in the United States, 20.3 million families have at least one member with a disability.
• 40% of our travelling public is made up of Americans with disabilities and their companions.
• 1 in 2 Americans over the age of 65 has a disability.
• 13.1 million people use assistive technology for anatomical, mobility, hearing, vision and speech disabilities.
• Approximately $13.6 billion annually is spent on travel by people with disabilities.