Rebecca Leppert and Katherine Schaefer:
Here are eight facts about Americans with disabilities, based on government data and recent Pew Research Center surveys.
Older Americans are significantly more likely than younger adults to have a disability.Some 46% of Americans ages 75 and older and 24% of those ages 65 to 74 report having a disability, according to estimates from the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey (ACS). This compares with 12% of adults ages 35 to 64 and 8% of adults under 35.