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From: Howard R. Gray
Date: Aug 13, 2001 11:25AM

Brad-
thanks for the WHAT's THE BIG DEAL slides.
Hrg
On 8/13/01 9:40 AM, "Brad's HSC" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Glenda,
>
> Here are some slides from the significance section of a powerpoint
> presentation prepared about a year ago. Note the amount of discretionary
> income in Whats the big deal (2) 175billion. The information may be of some
> use or at least a starting point.
>
>
> What's the big deal?
> It is estimated that nearly 50 million people or 20% of the population have
> either a severe or functional disability
> ( U.S. Access board)
> Approximately 750 million people worldwide have a physical sensory or
> cognitive disability
> (World Health Organization)
>
>
> What's the big deal?(2)
> By age 55, a person has a 25% chance of living with a disability, by age 65
> it increases to 50%. (Trace Research and Development Center)
> TABS: Most of us will experience a period of disability at least once in our
> lifetime.
> 78% of the WWW is not accessible to persons with disabilities (Rowland,
> 2000)
> People with disabilities control $175 billion in discretionary income
> (President's committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
>
>
> What's the big deal?(3)
> Only about 1/2 of persons with disabilities of working age are employed
> Almost half of the the population of persons with disabilities live at or
> near the poverty level (Elkind, 1990)
> Approximately 1/3 of persons with disabilities who can and would like to
> work are unemployed (Krauss and Stoddard, 1989)
>
>
> What's the big deal?(4)
> The majority of employment opportunities are now in information-oriented
> jobs (Elkind, 1990)
> Increasingly, higher education course materials are "on-line"
> Addressing issues of accessibility benefits other potential www users -
> older technology - low band width connection - repetitive key board use
>
> Brad Nelson
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
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