*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: 1 in 10 Politicians Has a Disability. That's a Gap in Representation.
*Author: *Steve Flamisch
Source: Rutgers
*Date:* Oct 3, 2019
*Summary:* In the first-ever quantitative study of disability among American politicians, Rutgers University researchers find an estimated 10.3 percent of elected officials serving in federal, state, and local government—a total of nearly 3,800 people—have disabilities. That is more than five percentage points lower than the overall disability rate in the adult population, suggesting that people with disabilities are underrepresented in the halls of power.
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