• 3,775,900 (or 13.7%) of Canadians aged 15 years and older reported some type of disability, and of these citizens, 160,500 of them identified as having a developmental disability (Statistics Canada, 2012).

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• Many disabilities (94% to be exact) are comorbid, in that these individuals are likely to experience additional disabilities, impediments, and disorders over and above their primary developmental disability.

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• Most individuals with disabilities are females between the ages of 15 and 24 (Statistics Canada, 2012).

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• Two-thirds of adults with a developmental disability reported that their condition influenced their choice of classes at school and their career path, which ultimately lengthened the time it took to achieve their current level of education (Statistics Canada, 2012).

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• Of the above two-thirds, nine in ten individuals reported that they require assistance with some type of everyday activity, but that this assistance was likely to come from untrained individual, including family members, friends, and/or occupational/educational staff (Statistics Canada, 2012).

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• Researchers gathered information of disabled students after they had graduated from high school and confirmed that those who had access to technological resources, facilities, and services likely live a higher quality and more independent lifestyle (Hasselbring, T. & Williams Glaser, C., 2000, p. 110).