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A publicly accessible database of national and state level disability statistics as well as statistics on government programs that serve the population with disabilities have been released. The data are based on the 2011 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium. Users can search, download, change the layout, and print data tables about the prevalence, employment, earnings, poverty, and health care coverage of persons with disabilities, among other topics.

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) facilitates evidence-based decision making in many different service and policy arenas to benefit persons with disabilities, leading to improved social outcomes.

Large quantities of survey data and administrative records related to people with disabilities are collected each year. Yet these data lack continuity and are underutilized, leading to missed opportunities to improve the programs and policies that advance the lives of people with disabilities. Policymakers, program administrators, service providers, researchers, advocates for people with disabilities, and people with disabilities and their families need accessible, valid data/statistics to support their decisions related to policy improvements, program administration, service delivery, protection of civil rights, and major life activities.<

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Hi all,

I am a graduate student in social psychology at the University of Colorado. Recently I conducted a randomized field experiment testing the efficacy of a self-affirmation exercise in improving rehabilitation outcomes of blind students attending a rehabilitation center. The initial data are positive and I am in the process of writing it up for a mainstream psychology journal. I would like to describe the prevalence of disability in the population and the barriers to integration (unemployment etc.) in order to justify the importance of the work I did. However, as a psychologist I am not very familiar with the cross-disability literature. Could someone please point me to any relevant literature where I could find the following:

-- The estimated prevalence of disabilities in the United States or worldwide;

-- The estimated employment rate (or unemployment rate) for Americans with disabilities;

-- or any literature supporting the positive value of rehabilitation or training in adaptive skills for fostering the integration and well-being of people with disabilities.

Thanks and best,

Arielle

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