Statistics You Can Use
Statistics provide useful information that can support your ADA anniversary press releases, media interviews, and so much more.  It is important to make effective use of the numbers that they generate.
Tips to Ensure That Statistics Make Sense
1.	Use statistics carefully.  The casual audience does not understand statistics in any great depth, while the experienced audience often knows a lot about the subject.  Balancing between these two extremes is often difficult, and must be handled with caution.  Make sure that the numbers that you are using make sense to your intended audience.
2.	Be clear about the information you want to present.  Never attempt to interpret the results of a statistics you don't fully understand.
3.	Use statistics from reliable sources such as federal government agencies or grantees.
4.	Include the reference source for your statistics.  The numbers cannot be used with 100% certainty.
Disability Statistic Resources
Online Resource for U.S. Disability Statistics
www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/DisabilityStatistics/ 
Access to Disability Data
www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/home/index.php 
U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features
www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/011953.html
U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
U.S. Census Bureau Disability Statistics Home Page
www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ADA Charges
www.eeoc.gov/stats/ada.html
U.S. Department of Labor: Finding Facts and Figures: Disability Data Resources
www.dol.gov/odep/archives/ek99/resources.htm
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Status of People with Disabilities
www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm