PSY 0515 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Community Survey, Independent Living, Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
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Incidence: the number of new cases in a given time period. Prevalence: the proportion of the population found to have a condition. Americans with disabilities act definition of disability: physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities or has a record of such impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment. Social security definition of disability: inability to work for at least 12 months or can be expected to result in death. American community survey: organization the is dedicated to disability statistics. 5. 04 million people are over the age of 15. 15. 6-19. 4% of people older than 15 live with a disability. Who says more than 1 billion people live with some form of disability. Cornell university (2017) found that 12. 7% of americans live with a disability. West virginia has the highest disability percentage in the country (19%)
