Disability Defined

What is the Definition of Disability

A person with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

• There are a HALF BILLION people worldwide who have a disability.
• 54 MILLION Americans live with some level of disability. Nearly half have a severe disability.
• 4.5 MILLION American children and youth under the age of 18 have a disability.
• Nearly 1 MILLION of these children are institutionalized.
• ONE IN FIVE children is now diagnosed with autism or on the autism spectrum.
• 80 PERCENT of marriages that have a child with disability end in divorce.
• It is estimated that only FIVE PERCENT of persons with disability attend church.

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