Mobility Cognition Independent Living Vision Self-care
13% 10.6% 6.5%
13.7% 10.8% 6.5%
4.6% 3.6%
3.7%
Serious difficulty Serious difficulty Difficulty doing Blind or serious Difficulty dressing
walking or concentrating, errands alone such difficulty seeing, or bathing
climbing stairs remembering or as visiting a doctor´s even when
making decisions office shopping wearing glasses
More Americans Are Being
Diagnosed With Disabilities: Are
You Prepared to Serve Them?
Disabilities cost $400 billion per year in healthcare expenditures.
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In the United States, one out of every four adults has a disability.
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The most common disability involves mobility limitation, which
impacts 13.7 percent of adults. The following graph from the Center of
Disease Control and Prevention shows how many U.S. adults have
specific disabilities:
Percentage of Adults with Select Functional Disability Types
3, 4 CDC - Disability Impacts Us All
3 | essentialaccessibility.com
