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- Written by Madelaine Sayko
On January 19th I had the great pleasure of attending the second Disability Power and Pride Inaugural Ball at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The American Association of People with Disabilities was a co-sponsor of the Ball. Power and Pride instituted the ball four years ago to demonstrate the political unity and diversity of the disability community.
The ball was a chance to have fun and celebrate – and what a great time was had by all. The Honorable Tony Coelho , the Master of Ceremonies,
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- Written by Madelaine Sayko
There are 60,000,000 people in America with disabilities, of those:
- 48,000,000 have invisible disabilities
- 20,000,000 have cognitive disabilities
- 7,000,000 have Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- 500,000 are veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury or Post-traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI), or both
- 65% of companies do not track these disabilities
