Protect the Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Learn More about the organizations advocating for people with intellectual disabilities.

According to the CRPD, 10 percent of the world's population or approximately 650 million people live with disability, 90 percent of children with disabilities do not attend school in developing countries, and only 3 percent of adults with disabilities can read worldwide.

In the U.S., one of 45 countries with anti-discrimination laws in place, only 35 percent of working-age adults with disabilities were employed as of 2004, despite companies reporting an 85 percent retention rate for these employees after one year of employment.