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Swain, Susan - Host
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TWO GUESTS. WE HAVE A CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICIAN IN THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY BRANCH AND WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL...
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE IN ORDER TO BRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY. HOST: WHY DOES THE CENSUS BUREAU COLLECT NUMBERS ON...
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Swain, Susan - Host
VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. THEY CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO THE
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
ECONOMY. THEY ARE CONSUMERS. THEY ARE BUYING PRODUCTS. THEY ARE USING THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW THE SIZE AND CHARACTER...
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
COMES FROM A SURVEY AND THAT USES A COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION OF DISABILITY THAT LOOKS AT A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, IF THEY HAVE TROUBLE PERFORMING A CERTAIN...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ON YOUR LIVES. IF YOU'RE A DISABLED PERSON OR EMPLOYER OR IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN WHO BENEFITS FROM THINGS LIKE CURB...
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
OF OUR SOCIETY. THE WHOLE SERIES OF FEDERAL PARENS BENEFITS BUT ALSO JUST THE ROUTINE OF DAILY LIFE. A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE FRUITS...
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| 00:03:54 |
Swain, Susan - Host
WE WELCOME YOUR PHONE CALLS AND YOU CAN ALSO SEND THE TWEET. GIVE US THE OVERVIEW. >>GUEST: THE REPORT FOUND THERE ARE 56.7 MILLION AMERICANS IN THE UNITED...
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
ACCOUNTED FOR 18.7% OF THE CIVILIAN NON INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION. AS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE POPULATION...
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THIS IS WHAT WE DISABILITIES HAVE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
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Unidentified Speaker, -
WE FOUND ABOUT FOUR IN 10
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR THEY WERE IMPORTANT. IT WAS EIGHT AND 10. LAST NIGHT ON OUR RADIO STATION, I HEARD SENATOR TOM HARKIN BEING INTERVIEWED...
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
DISABILITIES OUT THERE BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE AMERICAS SISTER ACT -- I THINK IT IS STILL...
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| 00:06:39 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: IN 2005, THAT IS THE BLUE BARS. WE SEE 54.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAD A DISABILITY IN 2005.
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| 00:06:52 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
IN THE CURRENT NUMBERS, WE SEE THAT NUMBER DECREASE. WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES AND IN 2005, THAT INCREASED BY 3.3 MILLION TO...
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| 00:07:21 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: WE ASK ABOUT THE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT DO ACTUAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, THAT IS
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THE PURVIEW OF SOMEONE ELSE. THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL CONDITIONS THAT GO BEHIND IT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MEASURE THAT SPECIFICALLY BUT FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE...
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| 00:08:13 |
Swain, Susan - Host
WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE PAPERS THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE SENDING OUT. WHEN WILL THEY RESENDING THAT OUT? I HAVE THEM IS
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CALLER, -
ON DISABILITY SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT. WENDY DO THIS STATISTICAL SURVEY? GUEST: THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2010 IN THE SUMMER. THIS GETS...
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| 00:08:38 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
WE'RE STILL FINISHING UP THE PANEL, THE ACTUAL SURVEY. THERE'S A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS SURVEY STILL GOING ON. WE ALSO COLLECT DISABILITY DATA SUPPOSED...
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| 00:09:06 |
Swain, Susan - Host
65,000 HOUSEHOLDS. SOME OF OUR SURVEYS ARE LARGER AND SOME SMALLER.
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| 00:09:12 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THERE IS THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY WHICH HAS ABOUT WHICH IS USED FOR CREATING OUR INCOME AND POVERTY -- POVERTY NUMBERS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. HOST:...
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| 00:09:41 |
Swain, Susan - Host
YOU WENT TO HAMILTON COLLEGE? GUEST: OUTSIDE OF UTICA, NEW YORK. I GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE OF MY INTEREST IN THE LEGAL
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| 00:09:55 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
ISSUES. IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. HOST: 6 NEXT SLIDE TELLS THE OLDER YOU ARE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO BE DISABLED? GUEST: YES,...
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| 00:10:16 |
Swain, Susan - Host
BEING CONFIRMED WITH THE DEATH. HOST: WALK US THROUGH HOW THE PERCENTAGES INCREASE. GUEST: ON THE
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
LEFT-HAND SIDE ARE A DIFFERENT AGE GROUPINGS. AS YOU GO DOWN THE CHART,
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| 00:10:27 |
Swain, Susan - Host
YOU GET TO OLDER AGE GROUPINGS UP TO
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| 00:10:31 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
PEOPLE WHO ARE 80 YEARS AND OLDER. FOR THE ON THIS POPULATION, THOSE UNDER 16, THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION WITH THOSE CHILDREN OF HIS 8.4% BUT AS WE...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
TO BE MUCH SHORTER. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR POLICY-MAKERS TO REALIZE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THIS LARGE POPULATION. HOST: 0 ATT ASKED...
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| 00:11:34 |
Swain, Susan - Host
IS OBESITY PART OF YOUR NUMBERS? GUEST: WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. WE
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
LOOK AT IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY WALKING OR CLIMBING STAIRS. WEEK THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A DISABILITY AND IT COULD COME FROM OBESITY OR SOMETHING LIKE...
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| 00:12:13 |
Swain, Susan - Host
WHO WAS MORBIDLY OBESE WOULD FIT THAT DEFINITION DEPENDS ON HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
FUNCTIONING. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WEIGHT ISSUES THAT COULD FIT THAT DEFINITION. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST THE FUNCTIONS OF YOUR ACTIVITIES....
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| 00:12:39 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: THIS IS A THING THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DONE TO LOOK AT DISABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF AGING AND DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
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| 00:12:50 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THE POINT OF AGED JUSTING IS DONE ACROSS THE HEALTH STATISTICS. THERE ARE A LOT OF MORCELI RATES BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY COMPARING TWO GROUPS THAT YOU...
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| 00:14:00 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: WE ARE ALL TEMPORARILY ABLE-BODIED. I THINK THE STATISTIC SHOWS YOU THAT YOU MAY
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
NOT NEED THESE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PROTECTIONS TODAY BUT NEXT WEEK MAY FIND THAT IT IS GOOD THERE IS AN ACCESSIBLE BUILDING OR YOU EXPERIENCE ON DISCRIMINATION....
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| 00:14:49 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY TO ABUSE JUST ABOUT ANY ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT HANDICAPPED
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| 00:15:00 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
PARKING IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED. THERE...
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| 00:15:39 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: HIGH WOULD SAY THE ADA IS NOT A CURRENT USER BUT IS RECOVERING. WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE ADDICTION
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| 00:15:53 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
NEED TO HAVE ASSISTANCE AND HELP AND OUR HOPE THAT THEY CAN TURN OUR LIVES -- THEIR LIVES AROUND. THESE PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR IF WE DON'T TREAT...
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| 00:16:25 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THAT ARE SLICED BY RACE, WE GET CRITIQUES ASKING WHY THE GOVERNMENT DOES THIS. GUEST: UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE RACE AND BACKGROUNDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY...
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| 00:16:47 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
DELIVER SERVICES AND THEY CAN TRY TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. HOST: WHY IS THERE A RACIAL DISPARITY IN DISABILITY? GUEST: THERE COULD...
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| 00:17:05 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THEIR HEALTH DISPARITIES, ACCESS TO
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| 00:17:08 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
CARE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT COME INTO PLAY. ONE OF THE ISSUES IS ALSO THAT THERE IS DIFFERENT AGE DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN RACIAL GROUPS. ...
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| 00:17:43 |
Swain, Susan - Host
HISPANICS AND BLACKS WERE ALMOST EQUAL? GUEST: THERE WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
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| 00:17:54 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
FOR ASIANS AND HISPANICS AND LATINOS, THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE NOT RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER BUT WERE LOWER ON THE FIRST TWO GROUPS. HOST: IS...
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| 00:18:15 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: WE HAVE DONE OUR REACH TO SOME OF THESE POPULATIONS TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY THAT THEY HAVE A DISABILITY AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS AVAILABLE.
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
MY GUESS IS THAT IN THOSE CULTURAL GROUPS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH A DISABILITY. SOMETIMES THERE ARE CULTURAL...
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| 00:19:18 |
Swain, Susan - Host
I USED TO WORK TWO FULL-TIME
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CALLER, -
JOBS, I TOOK CARE OF AND RAISED MY TWO CHILDREN AND BOUGHT MY OWN HOUSE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, AT 38 YEARS OLD BECAUSE OF STARVATION AS A CHILD, MY BONES...
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| 00:20:21 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
WE AGE OR HAVE SOME CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS. LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF RETURNING VETERANS COMING BACK. THEY ARE STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY ADJUSTING TO THE CONCEPT...
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| 00:21:01 |
Swain, Susan - Host
FACEBOOK COMMENTS -- DO THEY SHOW UP IN YOUR NUMBER OF GUEST:? I DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS WITH ME TODAY BUT THE CENSUS BUREAU DOES MEASURE THAT. HOST: ARE...
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| 00:21:31 |
Swain, Susan - Host
COMMUNITY SURVEY EVIDENCE SHOWED THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SERVICE
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
DISABILITIES IN DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. HOST: WHEN WE SEE THAT TOTAL, VETERANS WOULD BE A DIFFERENT NUMBER? GUEST: THEY WOULD STILL BE ...
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| 00:21:45 |
Swain, Susan - Host
AND LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS.
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
GUEST: IF YOU ADD PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES AND IN JAILS AND PRISONS, IT WOULD BE A MUCH
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| 00:22:01 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
LARGER NUMBER FOR DISABILITY. MANY PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN THE CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM. HOST: HERE IS ANOTHER NOTE ON THAT -- GUEST:
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| 00:22:19 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THE PROMISE AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE DISABILITIES ACT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO CAN WORK AND BE PRODUCTIVE ARE
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| 00:22:29 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
ALLOWED TO WORK SO THEY CAN BECOME TAX PAYING MEMBERS. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE DEPENDENT ON SERVICES AND BENEFITS. AS WE BEGIN TO CHANGE THE...
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| 00:23:15 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THE SURVEY ASKS. THE FIRST TWO AND THE TOP LEFT IS DIFFICULTY SEEING AND HEARING. THIS IS DEFINED BY THE SEARING QUESTION AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE...
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| 00:24:22 |
Swain, Susan - Host
INDIVIDUALS USING CANES AND WALKERS AND CRUTCHES.
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
HOST: WE SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE OF REALTORS OUT ABOUT THESE DAYS. ARE YOU ENCOURAGED BY DIGITAL
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| 00:24:38 |
Swain, Susan - Host
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE TO ADDRESS THE TO KILL THE THE DIFFICULTY SEEING AND HEARING? HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM "THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL." I HEARD LAST NIGHT...
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
WITH THEIR ABLE-BODIED PEERS. THE EXPLOSION IN TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING GREAT ADVANCES FOR PEOPLE WITH ITS DISABILITIES. WITH UP TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AFFORDABLE....
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| 00:25:55 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THEDA ADA. ANYTIME YOU GET
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CALLER, -
A GOOD PROGRAM, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TO THAT SHOULD NOT. I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. HER FATHER...
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| 00:27:15 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
POPULATION, THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT TO CUT BACK ON THE PERSON THE DISABILITY SERVICES, THE RESPONSIBLE FALLS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY SOMETIMES HAVE TO...
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| 00:28:31 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THIS REPORT FOUND IS THAT 5.2 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 HAD A DISABILITY AND THAT WAS 8.6% OF THE POPULATION OF CHILDREN. SOME DISABILITIES...
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| 00:29:04 |
Swain, Susan - Host
QUESTION ON THE SURVEY ASKS IF SOMEONE HAS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. WE DON'T
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Brault, Matthew - Statistician
SPECIFICALLY TO FAMILIES ON THAT. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM TOWARDS A MORE FUNCTIONAL SIDE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE QUESTION...
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| 00:29:37 |
Swain, Susan - Host
LOOKS AT EMPLOYMENT IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
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| 00:29:44 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
ON THE FAR LEFT IS 27.5% OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES WERE EMPLOYED AT THE TOP OF THE SERVICE. THAT COMPARED TO SEVEN 1.2% WITH NON-SEVERE DISABILITIES....
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| 00:30:36 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
ADA WAS PASSED.
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| 00:30:41 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: THE SURVEY THAT MOST OF HIS OTHER NUMBERS THAT COME FROM DOES NOT HAVE A LONG-TERM TREND IN IT.
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| 00:30:54 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THIS IS THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY. THIS LOOKS AS POSSIBLY AT A SUB POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE KIND...
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| 00:31:50 |
Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: IS A DISTURBING TREND.
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GUEST, -
WE HAVE TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO
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| 00:31:59 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
CONVINCE EMPLOYERS THAT THERE IS A RESOURCE OUT THERE THEY CAN USE. IN THE STATES WITH LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, THE RATE OF HIRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS...
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| 00:32:46 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
THAT THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THIS POPULATION IS NOT JUST CONSTANT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE SEE PLACES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:33:23 |
Swain, Susan - Host
BACK AND START TO PARTS THIS OUT.
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| 00:33:26 |
Decker, Curt - Executive Director
THERE IS UNEMPLOYMENT WITH DISABILITIES AND NOT SURPRISED IN NORTH DAKOTA AND NEIGHBORING STATES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE RISING WITH THAT VOTE....
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| 00:34:03 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THIS IS A CURRENT AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. UNDER THE WAGE AND HOUR STATUTE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
PEOPLE LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE RELIED ON THAT AS AN EASY WAY OUT. WE HAVE OVER 400,000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
FROM THE DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE EFFECTS ON EARNINGS IS THAT
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| 00:35:01 |
Brault, Matthew - Statistician
PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES HAVE MUCH HIGHER POVERTY RATES AND INDIVIDUALS WOULD NO DISABILITY. THE CHART WE SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS 28.6%. WE CAN...
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| 00:36:02 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THERE IS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. THERE IS ISSUES OF JOB TRAINING AND ROTATIONS
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Decker, Curt - Executive Director
OF ARE MANY PROGRAMS. I WOULD GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PREPARED MANY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO BE VERY GOOD ACT OF EMPLOYERS. WE HAVE NOT BEEN...
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| 00:36:38 |
Swain, Susan - Host
FROM A SWIMMING POOL ACCIDENT. I GET A CHECK FOR $1,200 PER MONTH FOR MY DISABILITY AND MY BILLS AND IN COME, AS FAR AS MY BILLS, THEY ARE $1,000 AND...
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| 00:37:20 |
Swain, Susan - Host
CARE ACT AS A MISSING PIECE. IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE. IT TOOK 20 YEARS LATER FOR CONGRESS TO FINALLY PUT THAT IN AND NOW WE...
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