The Census Bureau is dropping a controversial proposal to change disability statistics

The Census Bureau announced that it’s dropping proposed changes to the American Community Survey that would have changed the estimate of how many people in the country live with a disability. Read more about this win below!

Census Bureau won’t change data on people with disabilities for now : NPR

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