Winter the disabled dolphin has his 1:16 memorial
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The International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been commemorated every December 3 since 1992.
The UK fuel crisis is affecting people with disabilities
Look in this note for other data and graphs that help put this situation in perspective:
15% of the world's population lives with some type of disability, according to the World Bank.
That is 1 billion people in the world.
Of this total, 80% live in developing countries, according to the UN
WHO indicates that half of people with disabilities cannot afford health care
Also, according to the WHO, "they report twice as often as health personnel lacking the skills to meet their needs."
Between 110 and 190 million adults in the world have "significant functional difficulties", according to WHO
World data, according to the WHO, show that the employment rate for men and women with disabilities is 53% and 20%, respectively;
meanwhile, for men and women without disabilities it is 65% and 30%, respectively
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