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Why It Matters: Disability in the Population

Why It Matters: Disability in the Population. Kelly Gonzalez Virginia ADA Coalition Ask the Experts 2009. ADA Quiz. How many people with disabilities are there in the United States?. Answer. At least 54 MILLION. People with Disabilities. 54 million Americans have a disability

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Why It Matters: Disability in the Population

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  1. Why It Matters:Disability in the Population Kelly Gonzalez Virginia ADA Coalition Ask the Experts 2009

  2. ADA Quiz • How many people with disabilities are there in the United States?

  3. Answer • At least 54 MILLION

  4. People with Disabilities • 54 million Americans have a disability • That’s 1 in 5 • 1 in 8, 27 million, live with a severe disability • Disability is the one minority that anyone can join – and, over time, many will! • Data on the following charts is derived from the 1997 Survey of Income and Program Participation and the 2000 US Census

  5. Medical Technology • More people are surviving previously fatal accidents and illnesses.

  6. The Graying of America (percentage of the population over age 55 as a function of time) 35 2000 30 25 • 85 up • 75 to 84 • 65 to 74 • 55 to 64 20 15 10 5 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 Sources: 1900-1980: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Censuses of Population. 1990-2050: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Projections of the Population of the United States, by Age, Sex and Race: 1983 to 2080. Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 952, May 1984. Projections are middle series.

  7. What the future holds… • From 2011 until 2020, each and every day10,000 more Americans will turn 65 • By the year 2020 one in every four persons will be 65 years of age or older. • Many of these individual will also have a disability.

  8. Prevalence of Selected Impairments within Age Groups 70 60 85+ 50 40 45-69 Under 45 30 20 10 0 Arthritis Back & Other Speech Visual Hearing Mental Diabetes & Bursitis Spine Physical Impairments Impairments Impairments Retardation Impairments % of age group 70-84 Based on data from LaPlante (1988) (Data categories are not exclusive) Survey: National Health Interview Surveys, 1983-1985: tabulations from public use tapes

  9. Buying Power of People with Disabilities Discretionary Income in Billions of Dollars

  10. What Does That All Mean? Address Access Issues Now • ADA Requires it; Population will Demand it Think of Access as the Norm • Most People Are More Comfortable with Larger Print • Most Folks prefer Ramps to Stairs

  11. Virginia ADA Coalition • Providing Training, Resources and Information on the ADA across Virginia • Coalition Coordinator: Kelly Gonzalez • 757 461 8007 (v) • 757 461 7527 (tty) • kgonzalez@endependence.org

  12. DBTAC/Mid Atlantic ADA Center One of 10 regional centers providing: • Information • Technical Assistance • Materials • Newsletter • Training • Toll-free number: 1-800-949-4232 voice/tty • Web-site: www.adainfo.org • We serve Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and Delaware

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