Statistics - Canadians with DisabilitiesMore and more Canadians with mobility issues find themselves locked out from their own homes because of physical barriers. Of the estimated 15.5% of Canada’s population that has a disability, there are approximately 600,000 Ontarians with a permanent mobility issue. A 2000/2001 Statistics Canada survey shows that more than 695,000 Canadians who were living in private households needed a wheelchair or other walking device to get around. This number is likely on the rise due to Canada’s aging population. Reference: Canadian Paraplegic Association article, Read more... |
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DSAO participates in the following shows every year: | Jan 9-17, 2010 | The Toronto International Boat Show - We bring a Martin16, booth setup
- Location: CNE grounds
| | May 20, 2010 | Safe Boating Awareness Week - We bring a Martin 16, booth setup
- Location: Dundas Square, Dundas and Yonge
| | June 5-6, 2010 | People in Motion - We bring a Liberty (Martin 16 does not fit in the building), booth setup
- Location: CNE grounds, Queen Elizabeth Building
| | June 13, 2010 | Rick Hansen's Wheels in Motion | | Aug 29, 2010 | The Easter Seals Society, Toronto Easter Seals Regatta - Toronto Harbour, hosted by RCYC
| | Sept 19, 2010 | The Canadian Paraplegic Association Wheelchair Relay - We bring a booth setup, no boat
- Location: Yorkdale Mall, North Parking Lot
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Disabled People in the UK Statistics
* There are approximately over 8.6 million
people who are classed as disabled in the UK alone.
* 8% of the people registered disabled use a wheelchair.
* It is estimated that there are 610 million disabled people worldwide.
* Four hundred million people living in the world’s developing countries
are disabled.
* 10 to 20% of every country’s population is thought to be affected by disability.
* There is estimated to be 39 million disabled people in Europe.
Disability at work
* Disability affects 20% of the working population.
* There are 6.8 million people of working age who are disabled with roughly
3 million in actual work.
* 13% of the workforce in the UK is disabled. Economic and social exclusion
* Incapacity benefit is given to 2.7 million people of working age because of disability.
* More than £19bn is paid out in disability and incapacity benefits each
year.
* 15% of young people who are disabled said they had been refused a job because of the disability.
* Households with at least one disabled person living in them have 20 to
30% lower incomes than other households.
Disability and poverty
* More than 1.3bn people throughout the world struggle to live on less than $1 a day.
* Poverty has been linked with disability and is thought that poverty is
responsible for about 20% of disability.
Age and disability
* When we reach the year 2010 40% of the population in the UK will be over the age of 45 and it is at this age when disability incidences increases.
* In 2006 the largest group of people in the workforce are 45 to 59 year
olds.
* One fifth of the UK population is over 50 years of age.
* 33% of people in the age bracket 50 to 60 have a disability.
Customers and disability
* 1 in 4 people suffer disability or have someone close that does.
* Disabled people combine a total spending power of £45 to £50bn.
* 130,000 cars which is roughly 5% of all cars bought each year are for
people with disabilities.
* People with disabilities are the main group to make purchases online.
* Less than 10% of service providers said that costs occurred through making changes to benefit disabled people outweighed the benefits.
Filed under: Disability Facts & Figures Disablility Facts: http://arch-online.org/disability-statistics-facts-about-disability.htm |
 Geoff Holt about to arrive in Tortola - first disabled yachtsman to cross the Atlantic
After exactly a month at sea Geoff Holt and Impossible Dream are due to arrive in Tortola today at 5pm GMT, which will make Geoff the first quadriplegic sailor to complete an unaided transatlantic crossing. It has not been a month without incident. Difficult weather and problems with the engines, and nearly running out of diesel, essential for powering the hydraulic systems, made the trip a test of endurance for Geoff and his carer, Susana. |
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