Why is more housing needed for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities(I/DD)?

There are 7.37 million adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in the United States.

• 83% (6.14 million) do not receive publicly-funded residential supports

• Only 17% (1.23 million) receive publicly-funded residential supports, and

  • 10% live with family

  • 5% live in provider-controlled settings

  • 2% live in consumer-driven settings

• 872,000 live with caregivers who are 60+

Source: Residential Information Systems Project 2020, University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Why is more housing needed for wounded warriors?

There are over 152,000 wounded warriors in the United States.

• 93% receive VA disability compensation

• About 1 in 10 warrior households live in poverty

• 42% of warriors reported they did not have enough money to make ends meet sometime in the last year.

Source: 2021 Wounded Warrior Project Survey

Everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, useful, and independent.

Personal Safety first.

• 67% of autistic individuals are victims of abuse

• 63% of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities are victims of abuse

• 1 in 4 warriors have had suicidal thoughts in the past year

Imagine how you would feel.

• 39% of individuals on the autism spectrum no longer see friends after high school

• 53% were not invited to social activities with friends for more than a year after high school

• 87% of autistic adults live with their parents, but only 22% want to live there

• 55% of autistic individuals have had no employment in the six years after high school

• 62% of warriors report that they are lonely

• About 1 in 5 warriors reported they experience barriers to mental health care

• At least 13% of warriors are unemployed.

Source: Autism Housing Network and the 2021 Wounded Warrior Project Survey