Have Disabled Americans Been Forgotten About In This Economy Of Record Breaking Inflation?

WASHINGTON - July 16, 2022 - PRLog -- By: Alice Cooper Media Liaison for WMWM  Films

"Barring extreme physical and mental disabilities, each, and every one of us is where we are today -- be it poor or wealthy, happy or sad, on the streets or in a condo, in a Mercedes or a rusted-out Pinto -- because of the choices we have made during our lives. It's the choices we have made that put us where we are, not the choices others have made for us." - Neal Boortz

On January 20, 1989, George H. W. Bush took the oath of office as the 41st president of the United States, and then over a year later he signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act. An act that provided protections against mistreatment, and discrimination of any disabled citizen. But in the early 1900's, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law a retirement benefit program for retirees over 65 years of age, but the Social Security disability program wasn't enacted until 1954. But the average disability benefit as of the first fiscal quarter of 2022 is $1,536.94. According to the United States Census Bureau, before the Covid-19 emergency in 2019; it were 41.1 million Americans with a disability, 7.9 million were disabled workers. The United States CPI report for June 2022 was an inflation rate at 9.1%. A Social Security Administration representative projected the 2023 COLA increase to be 10.5 % for beneficiaries, but that's only $161.38 for the average monthly financial payout. An annual income of $65,790.13 is required to live in comfort in Memphis, TN; one of the cheapest cities in the United States say's Joel Anderson of Go Banking Rates Media. But the average annual income for a disabled American is $ 20379.84. Disability Pride Month started in the month of July in 1990. The founder of WMWM Films happens to be a disabled American, and also lost his 3 year old son in a hit, and run automobile accident. Americans are proud although they may have a disability, but can they survive financially?

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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