Five percent of children have disabilities, census says

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How many kids have disabilities? What kind of educational do people with disabilities get? The U.S. Census Bureau has some interesting statistics they rounded up in honor of the upcoming 20th anniversity of the Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26):

- 5 percent of children ages 5 to 17 have disabilities

- 28 percent of those 25 and older with a disability have less than a high school diploma compared with 12 percent of those who don't have a disability.

- Only 13 percent of those 25 and older with a disability who have at least a bachelor's degree compared with 31 percent of people with no disability.