Survey: Most Workers Underestimate Chances, Impact of Disability
National News • March 14, 2007
While growing number of American workers are forecasted to experience a disability during their career, more than 80 percent of workers said they believe their chances of becoming disabled are far ...
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Subject: Increased risk of becoming disabled?
Posted On: March 15, 2007, 12:26 pm CDT
Posted By: Reason
Comment:
The following two statements are the dumbest thing I've heard all week.
* The majority of workers (56 percent) didn't realize that their chances of becoming disabled had risen over the past five years.
* Nine out of 10 (90 percent) workers underestimated their own chances of becoming disabled.
How do they figure that increased disability rates equate to higher risk of becoming diabled?
The increased "disability" rate is due to fraud, not increased risk. Looks like the Council for Disability Awareness needs to keep their eye on the ball.
In this world of warning labels and padded walls, it's amazing any of us born before 1980 are even alive today. What with riding in pick-up truck beds, playing with lawn darts, and eating pop rocks while drinking a Coke.
Please excuse me now, I have to go act like I'm developing carpal tunnel.
Subject: Increased risk of becoming disabled?
* The majority of workers (56 percent) didn't realize that their chances of becoming disabled had risen over the past five years.
* Nine out of 10 (90 percent) workers underestimated their own chances of becoming disabled.
How do they figure that increased disability rates equate to higher risk of becoming diabled?
The increased "disability" rate is due to fraud, not increased risk. Looks like the Council for Disability Awareness needs to keep their eye on the ball.
In this world of warning labels and padded walls, it's amazing any of us born before 1980 are even alive today. What with riding in pick-up truck beds, playing with lawn darts, and eating pop rocks while drinking a Coke.
Please excuse me now, I have to go act like I'm developing carpal tunnel.