30% Of LGBTQ+ Students Are Diagnosed With A Disability

A total of 29.7% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise identified (LGBTQ+) youth ages 13 to 18 years reported having been diagnosed with one or more disabilities by a health care professional, while 35% reported a self-diagnosed disability.;The disparity was higher among gender non-conforming youth, with one-third (33.3%) reporting a medical diagnosis and 41.2% saying they considered themselves disabled.

LGBTQ+ youth were twice as likely as the overall student population to report a medically documented disability.

Three-fourths (75.6%) of the disabled LGBTQ+ students surveyed had a mental health . . .