Disaboom Survey Reveals 52 Percent of Americans Would Rather be Dead Than Disabled

Survey Commissioned by Disaboom Reveals That Majority of Americans
Think Life with a Severe Disability is Not Worth Living
DENVER--(Business Wire)--
52 percent of Americans would rather die than live with a severe
disability, according to a recent national survey commissioned by
Disaboom (OTCBB: DSBO) (www.disaboom.com), the premiere online
community for people touched by disability. Disaboom today announced
the shocking results in an effort to educate people about why this
viewpoint is so tragic.

The survey, launched in an effort to understand America's
perception of disability, asked, "Which would you choose: Living with
a severe disability that forever alters your ability to live an
independent life, or death?" The survey findings noted significant
attitudinal differences based on age, income, geographic location, and
level of education.

Highlights of the research include:

Middle-aged Americans were less willing to live with a severe
disability than older Americans; 63 percent of people age 35 to 44
chose death over disability versus 50 percent of people 55 to 64 and
56 percent of Americans 65 and older.

People with higher incomes were more likely to choose death over
disability. Among those with household income levels of $75,000 or
more, 59 percent chose death, versus those with household incomes of
$25,000 or less, of whom 45 percent chose death.

Geographic location affected a person's choice of death over
disability. While only 45 percent of people living in the South chose
death, 61 percent of people in the West would rather die than be
disabled.

Americans with higher levels of education would rather die than
live with a severe disability. Of those with a college education, 57
percent answered that they'd rather die than live with a severe
disability, versus 30 percent of respondents who have not completed a
high school education.

Dr. Glen House, founder of Disaboom, wants to quash these
statistics and is dedicated to changing America's perception of
disability. House, himself a quadriplegic since his 20s, founded
Disaboom to create the first interactive online community dedicated to
improving the way people with disabilities live their lives. As the
first student in a wheelchair to graduate from the University of
Washington School of Medicine, the first person to climb 14,110-foot
Pikes Peak in a wheelchair, and also a doctor, inventor, extreme
sports enthusiast, husband and father, House hopes that Disaboom will
spark a paradigm shift in the way America views disability.

"I want to share ways for people to understand that disability
isn't the end of life. It can be a new beginning," said House.
"Disability touches more than 54 million Americans. My goal with
Disaboom has been to provide the information, community, and
connection that will enable people to pave a path that supports new
goals and dreams - and determine the way they will choose to live
forward."

In its effort to engage, educate and encourage people with
disabilities, as well as their friends, family and caregivers,
Disaboom offers the following resources:

Information: A comprehensive information source for people touched
by disability, www.disaboom.com offers recommendations from medical
professionals; articles about disability-related legislation,
caregiving and education; listings of accessible products and
services; a job bank and hundreds of additional resources to improve
the daily lives of people with disabilities.

Community: The online community's social networking functions
allow its users to interact with thousands of others in the disability
community. Through discussion forums, blogs, groups and chat rooms,
www.disaboom.com allows its members to share experiences, information
and support with others, enabling them to overcome obstacles and live
forward.

Inspiration: Disaboom provides inspiration and encouragement to
its members by highlighting stories of people with disabilities who
are living forward - from world-class hand cyclist Alejandro Arbor,
who will represent the United States in the 2008 Paralympic Games, to
Josh Blue, a comedian with cerebral palsy whose stand-up routines
earned him NBC's Last Comic Standing title in 2006.

For more information about Disaboom or living forward with a
disability, visit http://www.disaboom.com.

About Disaboom

Disaboom, Inc. was founded to develop the first interactive online
community dedicated to constantly improving the way people with
disabilities or functional limitations live their lives. It will also
serve as a comprehensive online resource not only for people living
with such conditions, but also their immediate families and friends,
caregivers, recreation and rehabilitation providers, and employers.
More than 54 million American adults live with disabilities or
functional limitations today in the United States alone. Founded and
designed by doctors and fellow disaboomers to meet this community's
specific needs, www.disaboom.com brings together content and tools
ranging from specialized health information to social networking to
daily living resources, in a single interactive site.

About the Kelton Research Survey

The disaboom.com Survey was conducted by Kelton Research between
June 12, 2008 and June 16, 2008 using an email invitation and an
online survey. Quotas are set to ensure reliable and accurate
representation of the total population of 1,000 nationally
representative Americans ages 18 and over. Results of any sample are
subject to sampling variation. The magnitude of the variation is
measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level
of the percentages expressing the results. In this particular study,
the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or
minus, by more than 3.1 percentage points from the result that would
be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the
universe represented by the sample.

Disaboom, Inc.
Shannon Fern, 303-433-7020 (Office) or
303-667-3553 (Cell)
sfern@csg-pr.com

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