About You

A woman in a wheelchair shopping for produce at a grocery store.

You are disabled, not dead.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2025 1 in 4 (28.7%) of adults in the United States had some type of disability.

Black's Law Dictionary defines disability as 1) "The inability to perform some function; esp., the inability of one person to alter a given relation with another person; 2) An objectively measurable condition of impairment, physical or mental, esp. one that prevents a person from engaging in meaningful work."

Smiling girl in a wheelchair in a bright hallway.

Types of Disability:

Additional CDC statistics: 13.9% of disabled people have difficulty concentrating; 12.2% have difficulty walking or climbing stairs; 7.7% have trouble running errands alone; 6.2% are deaf or hard of hearing; 5.5% are blind or vision impaired; and 3.6% cannot dress or bathe themselves.

Smiling elderly man wearing a Marine Corps veteran cap with oxygen tube.

Why Disability Matters?

An estimated 26% of adults with disabilities are living below the poverty line in the United States. That matters because the disabled are:

· 33% more likely to be obese than non-disabled persons.

· Over twice as likely to smoke.

· Three times as likely to have heart disease.

· Twice as likely to suffer with diabetes.