demographics and considering disability

US Prevalence

28%- more than 1 In 4 adults

women is 12/4%

Men is 12.7 %

Global Prevalence

16%=0.16 1 in 6 people

20% in women

12% in mem

Gender

-Women make up 75% of people with disabilities in low and middle income countries 

-Transgender individuals experience disability at about 2x the rate of cisgender people

Considerations with gender (7)

1. Life expectancy 

2. Utilization of healthcare and rehabilitation/ other services 

3. “Double discrimination” including gender-based violence and abuse 

4. Representation in workforce, leadership, politics, decision making

5. Limitations on sexual and reproductive rights/care 

6. Dependence on family and/or caregivers 

7. Higher rates of gender-based violence, maltreatment, and exploitation among women with disabilities

Gender based violence 

3x more likely to experience gender based violence

½ of women with dsaiblites have experienced physical abuse (compared to 1/3 of women without disabilities)c

children with disabilities - prevalence

globally 10;/1 % children have a disability

u.s is 4.3% total

• 15% are school aged children (65 % are boys and 34% are girls)

considerations of children with disabilities

-higher risk for abuse

-almost 2x as likely to be sexually abused in the united states

-13% of children with comfirmed abuse/neglect in the us had a disability

abuse and violence

people with disabilities are 2x over as likely to be a victim of crime

30 in 1000 vs 12 in 1000

people with multiple disabilities experience violent crime more often than those with a single type of disability

perpetrators

• 40% are accquaitance

• 30% stranger

• 15% intimate partner