DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION - DP02_SAR_T

SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION - DP02

Universe - Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

Survey-Program - American Community Survey 5-year estimates

Years - 2020, 2021, 2022

Under the conceptual framework of disability described by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), disability is defined as the product of interactions among individuals’ bodies; their physical, emotional, and mental health; and the physical and social environment in which they live, work, or play. Disability exists where this interaction results in limitations of activities and restrictions to full participation at school, at work, at home, or in the community. For example, disability may exist where a child has difficulty learning because the school cannot accommodate the child’s deafness.