Polls

New poll on faith in disability community shows:

• 80% of Evangelicals, 59% of Protestants, 41% of Catholics and 25% of Jews say religion “very important” to their lives
• Half of Jews surveyed say religion “not very important” in their lives; Jews in disability community much less likely to attend religious services than other faiths

(Washington, D.C.) Faith questions from a groundbreaking new poll of 3839 members of the disability community were released today by RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to enable people with disabilities to have the opportunity to achieve the American dream.  [continue reading…]

New Poll of 3839 People in Disability Community Shows:

• 3 out of 4 people with disabilities surveyed value a job and independence over government benefits (no partisan split)
• Disability community sites employer perceptions that they will be “less successful than someone without a disability” as primary barrier to jobs
• Disability community names top ways to impact work environment as change in employer attitudes, employer training, and change in structure of benefits system
• Younger PwDs (Post IDEA/ADA Generations) More Interested in Self-advocacy
• Less than half of PwDs looking for work have access to quality training programs, career counseling, and professional resources (e.g., job coach) needed to help with a job search. [continue reading…]