Lydia Jackson & Dr. Luis Sanchez
Abstract
America’s children with disabilities are a diverse group of individuals. Defining disabilities as a physical or mental impairment that limits the individual from basic life activities. Individuals diagnosed or that suffer from a disability become a member of a vulnerable population, making children with disabilities even more of a vulnerable population. In this study we acknowledge disability as being one of the five: sight difficulty, hearing difficulty, cognitive difficulties, self-care, and ambulatory defined as impaired bodily movement. Additionally, this study using the 5 disability classifications aims to analyze and compare the rends of previous childhood disability rates in America looking at the American Community Survey from IPUMS from years 2000, 2010 5 year and the 2021 5 year data sets looking at children with a disability ages 5-17. Using Multivariate and Bivariate analysis to assess what factors race have in disability diagnosis among children, and if there is a significant difference among the years 2000, 2010, and 2021?
Details
Session 1
9:30am – 11:00am
Grand Salon
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