Facts About Disabilities

 

 

1 in 10 people worldwide are disabled.

United Nations

 

 

120 million people live with hearing disabilities, 50 percent of which could have been avoided.

Rotary International

 

 

In the last 10 years, polio eradication initiatives have protected 3 million children from disability.

Rotary International

 

 

Landmines cause 150 casualties each week.

Rotary International

 

 

8 million children are born each year with serious birth defects.

March of Dimes

 

 

70 percent of birth defects occurring worldwide could be prevented or repaired.

March of Dimes

 

 

Almost 40 percent of working-age people with disabilities live in poverty.

World Institute on Disabilities