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Friday, July 23, 2010

Kessler Foundatio/NOD survey reveals employment, education, transportation, access to health care gaps for people with disabilities

Among the survey's findings:

* 19 percent of people with disabilities said they did not get the medical care they needed in the past year, with lack of insurance coverage cited as the top reason.
* 21 percent of disabled working-age Americans had a job in the past year, versus 59 percent for those without disabilities.
* 17 percent of people with disabilities have not graduated from high school, compared to 22 percent in 2000 and 40 percent in 1986 -- the first year the survey was taken.
* 48 percent of people with disabilities eat out at a restaurant twice a month, compared to 75 percent of those without disabilities.
* 34 percent of disabled people say inadequate transportation is a problem, compared to 16 percent of those without disabilities, a gap that has widened 5 percentage points since 1986.

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