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Americans with disabilities comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. According to the Disability Status: 2000 - Census 2000 Brief , approximately 20% of Americans have one or more diagnosed psycho-physical disability
Disability

Disability is a lack of ability relative to a personal or group standard or norm. In reality there is often simply a spectrum of ability. Disability may involve physical impairment such as sense impairment, cognitive impairment or intellectual impairment, mental disorder , or various types of chronic disease....
.¹ This percentage varies depending on how disabilities are defined.






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Americans with disabilities comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. According to the Disability Status: 2000 - Census 2000 Brief , approximately 20% of Americans have one or more diagnosed psycho-physical disability
Disability

Disability is a lack of ability relative to a personal or group standard or norm. In reality there is often simply a spectrum of ability. Disability may involve physical impairment such as sense impairment, cognitive impairment or intellectual impairment, mental disorder , or various types of chronic disease....
.¹ This percentage varies depending on how disabilities are defined. According to , "About 1 in 5 Americans have some kind of disability, and 1 in 10 have a severe disability."

Although Americans live in the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare, those with disabilities can generally find adequate levels of subsidized support from a variety of sources, generally at the regional level. While most rural areas — especially in the Great Plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 region — have little or no government-organized medical support infrastructure for the permanently disabled indigent population, most major urban centers have healthcare systems. One of the largest developed systems is the Harris County
Harris County, Texas

Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 3,400,578 , making it the most populous county in Texas and the List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
 Mental Health and Retardation Authority (MHMRA) . Started in 1992 as a spinoff of the local University of Texas Health Science Center, MHMRA proved to be a success as it focused on handling complex Medicare
Medicare (United States)

Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria....
 and Medicaid
Medicaid

Medicaid is the United States American health care system program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states....
 paperwork for patients, in a system which greatly cut down on administration costs and sped the approval process.

Americans with disabilities are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the short title of United States , codified at et seq. It was List of United States federal legislation on July 26, 1990, by President George H....
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