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Filling in disability data gaps

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Better funding and research. In the US, people with disabilities are now considered a “health disparity population.” It’s a big win for them, as the designation will enable this group to receive better opportunities for funding and research that could improve quality of life, advocates say. People with disabilities often experience more challenging health outcomes, such as increased rates of emotional distress and mortality, according to the director of a US disability research center. [WaPo]

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Lifting low wages. It has long been a practice for some US employers to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage. Recently, US policy makers said that they would revisit the rule that enables organizations to do so. Originally, the regulation was meant to help injured veterans of war find employment more easily. Across the US, roughly 42,000 people affected by this regulation (nearly all of whom have an intellectual or developmental disability) are engaged in work programs that pay them an average of $4.15 an hour; about half earn less than $3.50 an hour. [PBS]

McKinsey research shows less than one-fifth of Americans with a disability are employed, compared with nearly two-thirds of those without a disability.

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Missing data. More than one billion people live with significant disabilities. They often experience more barriers to accessing healthcare, as detailed in a new report from the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) and the Missing Billion Initiative. Closing gaps in health outcomes between people with and without disabilities calls for good data. Yet there are sizable and persistent gaps in health data with respect to people with disabilities, McKinsey partner Sunny Sun and coauthors share. Many countries, for instance, collect no data on disabilities.

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Data practices in nine countries. To understand countries’ efforts to close the disability data gap, MHI and the Missing Billion Initiative recently assessed the maturity of data collection and usage methods in nine countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and the UK. Of these, only two countries (Australia and Thailand) have high data maturity. See the full report, The missing billion: Lack of disability data impedes healthcare equity, for several practices to better understand the health needs of people with disabilities.

Address the disability data gap

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McKinsey research shows less than one-fifth of Americans with a disability are employed, compared with nearly two-thirds of those without a disability.

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