People with disabilities continue to be identified as a group who experience disparate health/health care.
Americans with disabilities continue to be more unemployed and underemployed than their nondisabled peers.
Retired firefighters claiming disabilities continue to seek redress in the courts, even though their lawyers say the odds of winning have decreased drastically.
At a time when people with disabilities continue to be woefully underrepresented or employed in film and TV, either in front of or behind the camera, Becoming Bulletproof compels its audiences to think differently about disability.
People with learning disabilities continue to be failed by police forces, with many neither properly investigating disability hate crimes or treating victims as credible witnesses, according to a report by Mencap.
Children with disabilities continue to be left out of school even as some countries assert that they have met the millennium development goal (MDG) to grant every child access to primary education.
To understand why people with disabilities continue to be among the most disadvantaged people in the world we must consider how people with disabilities are perceived by policy makers and how development policy addresses disability.
After the event, Girma sent a message to the White House email list, in which she shares her personal story and explains how the ADA is helping Americans with disabilities continue to tear down barriers.
And if people with disabilities continue to be left behind over the next 15 years, it will be impossible to comply with the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and also to meet most of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
