Possibility unbound: 25 years of progress for those with disability From: Christian Science Monitor - 11/16/2014 By: Lee Lawrence Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities act - which turns 25 next year - and a demanding and aging baby boom generation, the nation has fewer limits for those with physical impairments. An estimated 37 million to 57 million Americans have a physical, emotional, or cognitive disability. Depending on the definitions of disability applied, that's 12 to 20 percent of the US population. Globally, the United Nations estimates, 650 million people - 10 percent of the world population – live with a disability, making them the world's largest minority. Today, curb cuts allow wheelchair users to negotiate most of Manhattan on their own. Although only 20 percent of the subway is accessible, they can board any of the city's 5,700 buses, since each is equipped to accommodate two wheelchairs. Read the entire article at: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2014/1116/Possibility-unbound-25-years-of-progress-for-those-with-disability Related: Disability is less a barrier to the arts than attitude is http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2014/1116/Disability-is-less-a-barrier-to-the-arts-than-attitude-is Getting around Moscow still an uphill battle for its disabled citizens http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0311/Getting-around-Moscow-still-an-uphill-battle-for-its-disabled-citizens Submitted by Ray Grott