- From: Denis Boudreau <dboudreau01@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 09:27:37 -0400
- To: Jim Tobias <tobias@inclusive.com>
- Cc: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Good morning, According to the United Nations, around 10% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability (650 million people) [1]. However, the World Health Organization estimates this number to be more than 1 billion people, or 15% of the world’s population (1 out of every 7 of us) [2]. [1] http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/facts.shtml [2] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs352/en/ Hope this helps! /Denis > On Apr 8, 2015, at 8:34 PM, Jim Tobias <tobias@inclusive.com> wrote: > > WHO and World Bank say 1B > http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report.pdf > > > *** > Jim Tobias > Inclusive Technologies > +1.908.907.2387 v/sms > skype jimtobias > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Karen Lewellen [mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 8:12 PM >> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org >> Subject: numbers question? >> >> Greetings everyone, >> All populations considered, what is the present estimated number of >> individuals experiencing disabilities total? >> granted the world population is just over 7 billion. >> anyone done the math lately? >> thanks, >> Karen >> > > -- Denis Boudreau » dboudreau01@gmail.com » 514-730-9168
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