According to a recent finding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 million adults in the United States live with some sort of disability, whether that be physical, mental, or developmental. That’s more than 1 in 4 adults.

An estimated 1.3 billion people are disabled in some capacity internationally, bringing the statistic to 15% of the world’s population. The broad spectrum of disability through movies, tv shows, and other media still remains under-represented

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability. The term disability is an umbrella term that encompasses multiple types of disabilities.