One in eight United States Adults or almost 34 million Americans age 16 and over have a disability, according to the Current Population Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The number of disabled Americans is up by more than 4.9 million over the past three years.
The Survey defines a person with a disability who has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
