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People with disabilities

Overview:  People with disabiilties

Links and resources, estimated numbers and types from ACS data

• Disability Statistics, Cornell University: http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/faq.cfm
• United Nations enable:  http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18
  • Around 15 per cent of the world's population, or estimated 1 billion people, live with disabilities. They are the world's largest minority.
  • Facts on persons with disabiilties
• World Health Organization:  http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report/en/
  • World Report on Disability