RespectAbility is on the front lines in the battle to reduce stigmas, failed government policies, and other obstacles that deny people with disabilities the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
One-in-five Americans has a disability. However, while African Americans, Hispanics, women, and other groups have made important progress in the last decades, almost 70% of the 22 million working-age Americans with disabilities don’t have jobs. This leads to poverty, prison, and poor health outcomes.
