Data on population indicate that:

25 % of the population between 16 and 64 have a self-defined disability, 15 % report some minor or major functional limitations concerning legs, arms, hands, sight, hearing, behaviour or intellect (survey data 2006, nearly the same as 1995, Bengtsson 2008). 11 % of these disabilities are congenital, 89 % are acquired. The risk of acquiring a disability grows from around 0,2 % yearly in childhood to 1,6 % yearly for men and 2 % yearly for women in the later part of their fifties.

Nordic Network of Disability Research (NNDR). This association provides opportunities for networking among disability researchers, persons working in knowledge centres and disability services, and disabled people in all Scandinavian (or Nordic) countries. NNDR has a Scandinavian conference every second year, and NNDR/DK (the Danish part) holds a conference every second year (as do other national NNDRs). 

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research (SJDR) is the main (and only) academic research journal based in Scandinavia. It is published by NNDR.

Useful sources of more detailed information about the situation of disabled people, and the policies and support available, include:

Mogens Wiederholt (2002): Danish disability policy - Equal opportunities through dialogue