She said while 86% of individuals 55 or older have life insurance, only 32% have any long-term
disability coverage.
Information on
disability is considered highly confidential, is maintained in separate, secure files with limited access, and is shared on a need-to-know basis.
Eligibility was later expanded to include any retiree with a compensable combat-related
disability, including reservists.
* Just 10 percent of
disability cases account for more than half the total medical and
disability costs.
Children 3 to 21 years old served in federally supported programs for the disabled, by type of
disability: Selected years 1976-77 to 2001-02.
Does having a teacher with a learning
disability impact student achievement?
Several researchers have focused attention on how attitudes are measured and inherent researcher bias regarding attitude measurement toward
disability (Antonak & Livneh, 2000; Wright, 1988).
That said, I think that we're doing a better job here at Syracuse University than most," says Steve Taylor, co-director of the New York school's Center on Human Policy, Law, and
Disability Studies.
In Part 1, Joan Aleshire challenges our thinking about what constitutes a
disability by sharing her special life experiences as an advantaged person with a
disability.
Healthy People 2010:
Disability and Secondary Condition, Chapter 6.
What is a learning
disability? Various professional groups use the term differently, but the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act defines a learning
disability as "a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia [a severe language disorder]."
On a Roll provides interviews with
disability rights leaders who say that "interdependence" more accurately describes how people with and without disabilities actually live.
