Technology and Communication

• People using TTYs: 104,000
• People who use closed-captioned televisions: 141,000
• People who read Braille: 59,000
• People who are blind who use adaptive computer equipment: 34,000
• Ratio of people who use wheelchairs to people who use scooters: 11:1
• Ratio of people who use hearing aids to people who use sign language interpreters: 72:1
  (Source: National Center for Health Statistics)
  
  
• Percentage of adults without disabilities with computers and Internet access, respectively: 51.7, 38.1
• Percentage of adults with disabilities with computers and Internet access, respectively: 23.9, 9.9
• Percentage of people over age 65 with no disabilities with computers and Internet access, respectively: 25.3, 12.3
• Percent of people over age 65 with disabilities with computers and Internet access, respectively: 10.6, 4.7
• Percent of people aged 18-64 with disabilities who are employed and use the Internet: 26.4
• Percent of people aged 18-64 with disabilities who are not employed and use the Internet: 10.8
• Percent of people aged 18-64 with disabilities with college degrees who use the Internet: 30.2
• Percent of people aged 18-64 with disabilities who do not have a high school degree and use the Internet: 2.4
• Ratio of people with disabilities and incomes over $20,000 who use the Internet to people with disabilities and incomes under $20,000 who use the Internet: 4:1
• Ratio of adults with disabilities and college degrees who use the Internet to adults without
  disabilities and college degrees who use the Internet: 2:1
• Rank of "reading electronic mail", "searching for information", and "news, weather and sports" among reasons for using the Internet among adults with no disabilities: 1, 2, 3
• Rank of "reading electronic mail", "searching for information", and "news, weather and sports" among reasons for using the Internet among adults with disabilities: 1, 2, 3
  (Source: Disability Statistics Center, University of California-San Francisco)