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Disability Community

Disability Community
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This group focuses on articles and news of interest to the Worldwide Disability Community.

About one in five U.S. residents - 19 percent - reported some level of disability in 2005. These 54.4 million Americans are equal to the combined populations of California and Florida.

The CDC has come out with their 2007 "State of Aging and Health in America" report. 88% of those over 65 years of age have at least one chronic health condition, Nearly 40% of deaths in America can be attributed to smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet, or alcohol misuse.

The number of people with a health condition or disability in any worldwide community is growing. As the aging population increases, health care and other services for this age group will come to the attention in a more dramatic fashion for those who make program decisions and governmental policy for services senior citizens require.

This group invites submissions of items relating to the disability community in general.

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