Data

From the Interagency Committee on Disability Research, this toolkit outlines the current federal landscape of disability data and statistics, to promote interagency collaboration at the federal level. These resources can help people understand current research and resources on disability data and statistics and places where improvements and additional collaboration are needed.

The National Institutes for Health (NIH) recently designated people with disabilities as a population with health disparities. The designation formally recognizes what the disability community has long known: that people with disabilities experience poorer health outcomes compared to the general population.

Sixty one million Americans, or 26% of U.S. adults, live with a disability and are routinely excluded from clinical trials, thereby limiting their access to life-changing or even life-saving healthcare resources.

Thirty years later, health data on this often-ignored population remains incomplete.

Learn why health disparities exist for people with IDD and what you can do to help achieve inclusive health for all.

The 2016-2020 Special Olympics International (SOI) Health Strategy focuses on reducing health disparities individuals with ID face.