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Top Universities Join Forces to Improve Healthcare Access for America’s Disabled Adults
Engineering teams from Santa Clara University and public health students and graduates of Texas A&M have joined forces to tackle the ever increasing crisis of lack of accessibility for programs and services to assist our disabled adult population!
Over the last 10 years, Rose has dedicated its efforts to improve accessibility of healthcare services for the disabled population in the global South. This year, we decided it was time to turn our focus inwards to address the growing need for improving access to resources for the vulnerable and oppressed, disabled population right here in America. According to the CDC, 27% of America’s adult population has some form of disability. Programs abound for disabled children, but once they reach the age of 18 most programs stop. Where does the disabled adult go for help?
The project actually began last year when a group of Santa Clara University Engineering Grad Students began work on a resource application program that could provide a library of service entities that offer support for the disabled adult living in America.