Report: Canadian disability rates on the rise
December 3rd, 2007From the Canadian Broadcasting Company [CBC] and the [Toronto] Star:
An aging population and changing attitudes toward disabilities combined to create an increase in reported disabilities among Canadians over the past five years, according to a report released Monday by Statistics Canada.
Based on the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, the report says 4.4 million Canadians, or 14.3 per cent of the population, reported an “activity limitation” in 2006. In 2001, that percentage was 12.4.
… The authors suggest the increase is due in part to an aging of the population, but another factor could be the fact that reporting a disability has become more socially acceptable, that perception of disability has changed and that people are more willing to report them.
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