Financial Inequality: Disability, Race and Poverty in America

1 Financial INEQUALITY: disability , Race and Poverty in AmericaNanette GoodmanMichael MorrisKelvin BostonWith a Foreword by Donna WaltonNATIONAL disability INSTITUTE3 TABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD 4 disability AND RACE 51. Overview 52. Methodology 63. Prevalence of disability 94. Educational Attainment 105. Poverty Rate 126. Employment 137. Banking Status 158. health Insurance and Medical Debt 169. Food Security 1710. Findings 1812. Recommendations 2313. Conclusion 24 BIOS 254 Financial INEQUALITY: disability , Race and Poverty in AmericaFOREWORDby Donna WaltonAuthor of Shattered Dreams, Broken Piecess a Board member of National disability Institute, I am very pleased that this publication raises awareness of an important issue that is little known to the general public the impact of race and disability on Financial instability.

African Americans as a group continue to have lower incomes10 than whites and poorer health status than whites.11 The lived experience of disability varies, both among people with disabilities and among racial and ethnic groups. Disability occurs on a continuum and at different ages. For example, an individual born with a disability may have a

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