Dr. Bowe was a distinguished professor and disability advocate. He passed away on August 21.
"His latest study, released in September 2006, revealed that Americans with disabilities – the nation’s third largest minority – are the least likely of any population within the country to achieve the American dream. Dr. Bowe reported that more than a quarter of this demographic live in poverty (75% earn less than $20,000 annually) and fewer than half have private health insurance. His research found that many adults with disabilities subsist on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and although the monthly funds received from those programs provide barely livable wages, the benefit of Medicare and/or Medicaid is something this population cannot do without.
Dr. Bowe also examined education in this study and found that despite measures to level the playing field, educational opportunity for students with disabilities and those without is not parallel. While the typical 9-year-old would be in the 4th grade, a 9-year-old student with disabilities is more than half likely (61%) to be in the third grade. Among high school students, the vast majority of 15-year-old students with disabilities are not with their same age peers in the 10th grade but in 9th or 8th grades." Via Hofstra University web site
A link to Dr. Bowe's site, including his writings and work, can be clicked on the heading of this post.
[visual description: A photo of Professor Bowe is shown. He is wearing a gray suit with a checkered tie.]
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