The audience of this summary is a worker for the federal government. The purpose is to give insight on the disability trends common in places such as Hale County, where school is minimal and so are the job prospects. The writing is more formal as this is an academic setting. The worker would most likely be reading this summary to find explanation in the rising trend in disability applicants. I am assuming that the worker would be knowledgeable on subjects such as the American’s with Disability Act and the process of applying for Disability. According to the Social Security Administration, yearly applicants for Disabled Work Benefits increased from 1,330,558 applicants in 2000 to 2,521,459 applicants in 2014. In the episode “Trends with Benefits”
