Health Disparities and Peole with Disabilities

By Guest Blogger Stanley Holbrook, President and CEO of Three Rivers Center for Independent Living and Diversity Chair of National Council on Independent Living

Reposted at  http://www.darkestcloset.blogspot.com,

In spite of startling evidence of health disparities among people with disabilities and the inherent costs to treat preventable conditions, current federal law does not consider individuals with disabilities as a “medically underserved population.” It also does not include disabilities under requirements for cultural competence and fails to recognize disabilities under any federal program that addresses health disparities.

Overall, people with disabilities have been reported to experience fair or poor health approximately four times more than their peers without disabilities. In addition, a disproportionate percentage of people with disabilities experience the social determinants of poor health (CDC Health Disparities and Inequities Report United States 2011).
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