According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability. They define a person with a disability as anyone who has “a problem in body function or structure, an activity limitation, has a difficulty in executing a task or action; with a participation restriction.”
People with a disability include those with visual or hearing impairment, ambulatory inabilities, and intellectual or mental disabilities. They can also be anyone with a wide range of disorders that are sensory, cognitive, psychological, or chronic.