Disability and Institutionalized Americans

Nearly 6.5 million non-institutionalized Americans use one or more special aids in order to get around, including: - 645,000 people who use wheelchairs; - 689,000 who use a walker; - 613,000 who use crutches; - 205,000 with an artificial leg or foot; - 66,000 with an artificial arm or hand; - 2,714,000 who use a cane or walking stick; - 1,492,000 who wear special shoes; - 398,000 who wear a leg or foot brace; and - 1,004,000 who wear some other type of brace.