Statistics That Can Shape Disability Policy [English and Spanish versions]

Policy makers need disability statistics to determine whether, or what, new policy approaches are needed. Led by the University of New Hampshire, the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) is a collaboration of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AUCD), Kessler Foundation, and Mathematica Policy Research. StatsRRTC's Disability Statistics Collection provides a singular location to obtain and compare the most recent federal, state, and county level disability statistics. This brief highlights just a few of the statistics can be that can be found through the work of StatsRRTC.

A Spanish translation of this publication is available for download.

Source

StatsRRTC & CeKTER. (2025). Statistics That Can Shape Disability Policy. Worcester, MA: UMass Chan Medical School, Department of Psychiatry & Behavoral Sciences, Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC), Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research.

DOI

10.13028/0err-a368

Permanent Link to this Item

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/54130

Funding and Acknowledgements

The production of this brief was funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Grant #90DPEM0004. The content was funded by NIDILRR through the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) grant #’s 90RTGE0001 & 90RTGE0005. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this brief do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.