Kate Bigam Kaput (she/her) is a professional health and wellness writer living in Cleveland, OH, and the former assistant director of marketing and communications (messaging and branding) for the Union for Reform Judaism; in this role, she served as content manager and editor for ReformJudaism.org. A prolific essayist, Kate has written for The Washington Post, Cleveland Magazine, and more; her personal essays appear in the anthologies BODY TALK: 37 Voices Discuss Our Radical Anatomyand Living Jewishly: A Snapshot of a Generation.
I’ve always been more of a words person than a math gal, but sometimes, numbers are more powerful than words could ever be. This Jewish Disability Awareness Month, let’s talk statistics: