Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated
There is a growing perception that the primary disabilities of blindness, deafness, and physical impairment do not necessarily impart handicaps. Disabled persons routinely describe their disabilities as mere inconveniences. Intelligent technology has become the great leveler.
Grader A: miss
In 2009 disability remained a major handicap in measurable outcomes: the employment-population ratio was 19.2% for persons with a disability versus 64.5% for others, and about 80% were outside the labor force. No evidence shows that disabled people routinely called their disabilities mere inconveniences.
Test: Outcome test: a 45-point employment gap in 2009 does not support technology as 'the great leveler'.
Grader B: miss
Disabled people did not routinely describe disabilities as mere inconveniences in 2009; technology did not act as a great leveler by 2014.
Test: Attitude/outcome test: no evidence of a majority shift by 2014.