Re: New TECHWR-L Poll - ADD

["Chris Christner" <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us>]

This topic made me curious about ADD, so I looked up some statistics.
Those numbers prompted more research, so here are the sobering stats on
serious disorders and disabilities in this country:

ADHD: 0.04%
(http://www.add-adhd.org/ADHD_attention-deficit.html)

Autism: 0.0071%
(http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=299&a=3527)

Mental retardation:  0.028%
(http://www.thearc.org/faqs/emqa.html)

Blind and visually impaired: 0.04%
(http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=15)

Depression and anxiety disorders: 0.076%
(http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/15.cfm)

Hearing impairment up to age 54: 0.036%
http://deafness.about.com/cs/earbasics/a/demographics.htm

Total: 22.71% (0.2271) out of 250,000,000 Americans or
56,775,000 people

These numbers are based on quick calculations made by a math-impaired tech
writer, but they're probably low when you consider they don't even count
those with other serious disablilities, i.e. type 1 & 2 diabetes,
emphysema, cancer, advanced heart disease, crohns disease, alcoholism,
etc.

The miracle is that anybody is healthy enough to work a 40 hour week!  How
 so many people can manage to work at all while dealing with their
illnesses is beyond me.

If you're in good health, be thankful,

--Chris

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