Answer the following questions
• People with disabilities are people like everyone else.
• People with disabilities aren’t always treated fairly or kindly.
• People with disabilities have the right to access their communities but often face
prejudice and physical barriers.
• Everyone will encounter disability at some point in their life.
• Approximately 2 billion people or 37.5% of the world’s population has a
disability (WHO, 2020).
• Many people will acquire a disability at some point in their life.
• 82.6% of people 65 years and older have some sort of disability (2007 Disability
Status Report).
• 75 million people need a wheelchair on a daily basis (WHO, 2019).
• 466 million people have a deafness and hearing loss (WHO, 2019)
• 37.2 million adults in the U.S. have hearing difficulties (CDC, 2006).
• 21.2 million adults in the U.S. have a visual impairment (CDC, 2006).
• 4.7 million children ages 3-17 have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the United States (National Center for Health
Statistics, 2006).
• 7.8% of youth in the United States ages 3-17 have been diagnosed with a learning
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