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From: Scott González
Date: Jun 11, 2012 9:03AM

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Then I reel off the statistics (one in five Americans have a disability,
> one in 10 have a serious disability, more than 20% of people with
> disabilities live in poverty), and talk about how in the modern world,
> being disenfranchised on the web is the same as being disenfranchised in
> the world.
>

These numbers are higher than I expected and seem like a really good
talking point. Do you have links to credible resources that show these
statistics?