Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26, 2018
On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and state and local government services.
This Facts for Features provides a demographic snapshot of the U.S. population with a disability and examines various services available to them. U.S. Census Report
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Rates of unemployment due to disability finally declining after years of upward trend
Former U.S. Treasury economist Ernie Tedeschi wrote a guest column for the New York Times analyzing recent labor force employment data. Tedeschi sourced his information from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and discovered promising signs that people with disabilities are returning to the labor force. Check out Tedeschi’s full report in NYT and readers’ comments about why the trend is occurring.
Pakistan Fails to Include Disability in Census Questions
The Express Tribune reports that the Pakistani government is doing little to collect statistics on people with disabilities living in the country. Read more
Getting Accurate Data on People with Disabilities
The U.K. has set out to collect accurate data on its citizens with disabilities. So how is the government doing it? Read more
The MetroWest (Boston) Daily News
Advocates for people with disabilities there to help with Census
Whether connecting blind people with Braille questionnaires or seeing that mentally ill residents fill out the form, a Boston group is working with the U.S. Census statewide to make sure people with disabilities are counted.