Concept information
Preferred term
disability and disabled
Definition
- Approximately 54 million people, one in five Americans, have a disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The size of this population group would rank people with disabilities among the largest minority groups in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Disability and Disabled]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/disability_and_disabled
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