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Upcoming Free Webinar: Cornell University Disability Status Report

By Kim Dayton

Disability Status Report Free Webinar – Register now!

Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) will host a free online webinar on April 1 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT to present the findings of the 2012 Disability Status Report.

This presentation will explore the Census Bureau’s December 2013 release of data from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) related to disability and employment, education, poverty, household income and labor earnings. WHO: Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute

WHAT: Free Online Webinar on Disability Statistics

WHEN: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT

WHY: Cornell University researchers will present the latest information and issues associated with disability statistics and the circumstances that people with disabilities face.

WHERE:  REGISTER HERE for this free webinar.

Cornell research found that in 2012, 33.5 percent of working-age (21-64) people with disabilities were employed, compared with the 76.3 percent of people without disabilities. Moreover, researchers found that 28.4 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities lived in poverty, compared to 12.4 percent of those without disabilities. These dramatic discrepancies are longstanding and continue to separate Americans with disabilities from their peers without disabilities. The relevance of these statistics to the process of developing and maintaining policies that relate to people with disabilities in the United States cannot be overstated. Event will be captioned for people with hearing impairments.