missTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D16). Not in the audit sample (D11).
Grader A: miss
In 2009 the US employment-population ratio for persons with a disability was 19.2%, against 64.5% for persons without one, and about 80% of persons with a disability were outside the labor force. Assistive technology improved, but there is no evidence of disabled people rapidly overcoming their handicaps.
Test: Outcome test: disability employment gap in 2009 was 45 percentage points (19.2% vs 64.5%); no sign of rapid closure.
Assistive technology improved (talking GPS, screen readers, early exoskeletons), but disabled people did not rapidly overcome their handicaps; employment and participation gaps persisted.
Test: Outcome test: no measurable closing of disability gaps by 2014.
Wikipedia: ReWalk (accessed 2026-09-28): Israeli powered exoskeleton lets paraplegics stand, walk and climb stairs; FDA hospital use 2011, home use June 2014.
All captured fields
rank
48
kind
decade_prediction
section
Disabilities
subject
Disabled people fast overcoming handicaps
target year
2009
timing
in
position
Chapter 9, "2009"; item Disabilities 1 in Kurzweil 2010, p. 45
confidence
high
note
Wording as reproduced by the author in "How My Predictions Are Faring" (2010); book page not given there. Subject label is the essay's own item heading.