14% Of U.S. Working Adults Ages 18 To 24 Years Have A Cognitive Disability

From 2016 to 2020, 13.9% of surveyed U.S. working adults ages 18 to 24 years reported having a cognitive disability. For all working age adults (18 to 64 years), cognitive disability (7.0%) was the most frequently reported disability type. The higher prevalence of self-reported cognitive disability among younger workers was attributed to better identification over the past 20 years of autism spectrum differences, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and intellectual disability among children and adolescents.

Based on findings of the 2016 to 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the occupation group with the highest prevalence of . . .