More than 54 million disabled in U.S., census says

[CptSternn]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 54 million U.S. residents, or about 19 percent of the population, have some sort of disability, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Thursday.

The numbers, based on 2005 data, are up slightly from the 2002 survey when 51.2 million people or 18 percent reported a disability, the census found.

About 46 percent of adults aged 21 to 64 with a disability were employed, compared with 84 percent of adults without disabilities, the survey found.

It also found that:

-- 7.8 percent of people aged 15 and older had difficulty hearing a normal conversation, including 1 million completely deaf people.

-- 3.3 million people, or 1 percent of those aged 15 and older, used a wheelchair or a similar device.

-- Nearly 7.8 million people aged 15 and older had difficulty seeing words or letters, including 1.8 million who were completely blind.

-- More than 16 million people had difficulty with cognitive, mental or emotional functioning.

-- People with a severe disability earned $1,458 a month on average compared to $2,539 for those with no disability.

-- 4.7 million children aged 6 to 14, or 13 percent, had a disability, mostly a problem doing regular schoolwork.

[CptSternn]

Wow, one in five Americans is disabled. One in almost six children under the age of 14 is disabled.

That right there is pretty shocking, considering the price of healthcare in America.

7.8 percent of people aged 15 and older had difficulty hearing a normal conversation

They're too busy texting.

3.3 million people, or 1 percent of those aged 15 and older, used a wheelchair or a similar device.

You see this at Wal-Mart alot. They are too overweight to walk.

Nearly 7.8 million people aged 15 and older had difficulty seeing words or letters

That's because those words are not on a computer monitor or cellphone.

More than 16 million people had difficulty with cognitive, mental or emotional functioning.

Fox News Syndrome.

People with a severe disability earned $1,458 a month on average compared to $2,539 for those with no disability.

i've got a messed up finger which makes it slightly difficult to type. Maybe i should look into this.

4.7 million children aged 6 to 14, or 13 percent, had a disability, mostly a problem doing regular schoolwork.

Simply lazy.

God Bless the U.S.A.

[Sanguine Heart]

Also, some people tend to lie on that issue.

About half my family lies about having mental disabilities to get money from the government :/

[Beneath the Shadows]

A lot of them are "disabled" because, these days, everything is a disability. Obese? Disability! Can't stop sneezing? Disability! Goth? Disability! Ugly as fuck? Disability! Where will it end?