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# Welcome to DisabilityInfo.gov.

Your online connection to the Federal government's disability-related information and resources.

**DisabilityInfo.gov** provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws and benefits.  You can begin your search by visiting any of the nine subject areas at the top of this page.  To find disability resources in your state just click on the *Find State and Local Resources* map located in each of these subject areas. 

Some of the many topics you will find information about on **DisabilityInfo.gov** include: 
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                -  Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities  
News release about a new report that provides findings from the most extensive survey in history of employers' actions and attitudes toward employing people with disabilities. Read the full report. This link opens a Word document. 
 
                -  Find A Health Center  Federally-funded health centers care for you, even if you have no health insurance. You pay what you can afford based on your income. There are health centers in most cities and many rural areas.  
                -  Medicaid Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment (EPSDT)  Fact sheet on EPSDT, which provides for health screens, or well-child check ups. Four separate types of screens are required by the program: medical, vision, hearing and dental.  This link opens a PDF document. 
                -  Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Forms Alliance with National Association of Governors' Committees on People with Disabilities (NAGC)  
ODEP and NAGC have formed an Alliance to provide NAGC members and others with information and resources to help them advance employment opportunities for workers with disabilities. Read the Agreement. 
 
                -  NIMH Grants Focus on Innovative Autism Research  
Summary of nine research projects funded by the the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that focus on autism spectrum disorders. 
 
                -  DTV is Coming Sooner Than You May Think  
Beginning **February 17, 2009** federal law will require that all full-power television broadcast stations stop broadcasting in analog format and broadcast only in digital format. Some consumers have expressed concern about how the converter boxes will work and whether they will continue to receive closed captions. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules require digital-to-analog converter boxes to either pass through available analog captions or generate their own digital captions if the programming is captioned. Read more about the Digital TV Transition. 
 
                -  54.4 Million Americans Report Some Level of Disability  
In a report issued in the December 2008 *Current Population Reports* the U.S. Census Bureau reported that of the 291.1 million people in the 2005 population of the United States, 54.4 million, or 18.7 percent, reported some level of disability, and 35 million (12.0 percent of all people) reported a severe disability.  This link opens a PDF document. 
 

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