More Than 60% Of Working-Age Adults With Disabilities Have Severe Loneliness

More than 60% of working-age adults with disabilities report that they experience severe loneliness, according to a recent study. Severe loneliness was defined as a score of 6 or more on the three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale, which includes feeling a lack of companionship, feeling left out, and feeling isolated.

The loneliness burden among working-age people with disabilities is “exceptionally high,” the researchers found, and they called for further research while recommending accessible interventions.

“Severe loneliness was highly prevalent in all disability categories and was consistent in independent samples from different timepoints," the researchers stated. Self-reported participant . . .