A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual of their group. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.

• Over 1 billion people in the world have some form of disability.
• More than 100 million disabled persons are children.
• Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children.
• 50% of disabled persons cannot afford health care.
• 80% live in developing countries.
• An estimated 46% of older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities.
• One in every five women is likely to experience disability in her life
  

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For more information, visit :https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities