Addressing Disparities for Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabi

Asian Pacific Islander (APIs) Americans generally enjoy a higher employment rate, household
and family income levels than other ethnic minorities. But when disabilities is considered, APIs
with disabilities have a much lower employment rate (27.4%) than African Americans with
disabilities (31.7%) or Hispanics with disabilities (38.2%). Overcoming this disparity is difficult.
APIs with disabilities constitute a hard-to-reach population because of cultural stigma and
language barriers. Such barriers lead to sequestering of disabled API family members at home,
and reluctance to seek rehabilitation serviceshttp://www.apidisabilities.org/docs/NIHabstract-HTA.pdf