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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Disability Inclusion

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HHS Non-Systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: September 2020

Workgroups: Disability and Health Workgroup

This webpage provides information on disability inclusion. Disability inclusions means including people with disabilities in everyday activities and encouraging them to have roles similar to their peers who don’t have a disability. The website details how disability inclusion affects the health of people with disabilities. It also highlights why disability inclusion is important to the general public.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Increase the proportion of students with disabilities who are usually in regular education programs — DH‑05
Improving

Suggested Citation

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Disability inclusion. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability-inclusion.html