ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some demographic information that is used to determine who is disabled, and by what measures disability has been established. When considering resources and needs in the disability community, it is important to use demographic information to interpret the possible impact of new programs and services, and of the discontinuance of programs and services. Healthy People 2010 were co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education. Objectives were set at the start of the study, and will be evaluated in 2020. The Census Bureau revised its survey questions related to disability in 2008, and also added questions regarding health insurance, marital history, and veterans' service-connected disabilities. Sixteen percent of people with disabilities had college degrees or higher, while 33. 3% of people with no disabilities had attained that level of education.
