Did you know...
- 1 in 5 individuals has a disability in the United States.
- that this percentage will increase due to the current war and to the fact that the Babyboomer generation is coming into retirement age.
- that in Western North Carolina the average monthly income for an individual with a disability is at or below poverty level.
- that we will all have some sort of disability in our lifetime if only from the aging process.
- most individuals with disabilities have the same hopes, dreams and desires as those individuals that do not have a disability.
- most individuals with disabilities can achieve some or all of their dreams with the assistance of Center for Independent Living like Pathways For The Future.