Keeping Track: National Disability Status and Program Performance Indicators.

Measuring the status of people with disabilities and the extent to which programs are helping achieve better outcomes is an important policy concern. The number of people with disabilities in the U.S. is large and growing: 49.7 million noninstitutionalized individuals have disabilities, and about 21.5 million of them are working age. This report describes what we know about the status of these individuals. It also assesses the extent to which current data meaningfully measure their well-being. It includes a set of statistical social indicators to measure progress in important areas over time.