U.N. News Centre: On world Day, Ban spotlights how technology can improve life for 1 billion persons with disabilities
“More than one billion people — or approximately 15 percent of the world’s population — live with some form of disability and have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities, and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities, the United Nations highlighted today on its International Day of Persons with Disabilities…” (12/3).