[games_access] Found data for numbers of disabled

d. michelle hinn hinn at uiuc.edu
Mon Aug 20 17:13:48 EDT 2007


I'll send an email to my mentee from this year's GDC -- her fiancee 
works for the census bureau and might be able to break it down. 
Finger's crossed!

>I can't rely on that because it seems to include vision + hearing in
>one category called Sensory Disability.
>
>On 8/20/07, Eelke Folmer <eelke.folmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  hi Reid,
>>
>>  I found some more recent data from 2005 a few months ago check here: here:
>>  http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/2005acs.html
>>
>>
>>  cheers Eelke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   On 8/19/07, Reid Kimball <reid at rbkdesign.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Hi everyone,
>>  >
>>  > I found what I think is the latest data on number of disabled in the
>>  > US (2002). You can get the pdf here. It covers hearing, mobility,
>>  > sight and learning.
>>  >
>>  >
>> 
>>http://gamescc.rbkdesign.com/ftp/docs/Americans%20With%20Disabilities%202002%20census.pdf
>>  >
>>  > In my research I found lots of websites that claim anywhere from 20 to
>>  > 28 million people in the US have a hearing impairment, yet none them
>>  > gave good sources. The pdf I linked above sites 7.8 million as having
>>  > a hearing impairment. I'd certainly love to use 20+ million as a
>>  > figure if I could trust the sources.
>>  >
>>  > -Reid
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