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Description of Participants

A total of 1,735 adults in the U.S. completed the survey between July 1 and October 15, 2025. This sample included 1,070 participants who self-reported having a disability or health condition, and 665 who self-reported having no disabilities or health conditions. The most frequently represented disability types included chronic health conditions (30.2%), mental health conditions (26.5%), blindness/low vision (21.2%), ADHD (13.1%), and physical disabilities (9.2%), and smaller participant numbers identifying as autistic, D/HH, and as having learning and speech disabilities. Many participants selected more than one disability type. Individuals from all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participated.

Table 1 shows a full demographic breakdown of the sample. For selected comparisons between race groups, race was collapsed into two categories: White participants (those indicating they were only White non-Hispanic) and non-White participants (those indicating any other race). For selected comparisons between age groups, age was collapsed into four categories approximating well-known generational cohorts: ages 18-25 (“Gen Z”), ages 26-45 (“Millennials”), ages 46-65 (“Gen X”), and ages 66 and older (“older adults”, combining members of the Baby Boomer, Silent, and Greatest generations).

A total of 1,735 adults in the U.S. completed the survey between July 1 and October 15, 2025. This sample included 1,070 participants who self-reported having a disability or health condition, and 665 who self-reported having no disabilities or health conditions.

Participants Demographics

Demographic Count Percent
Disabled 1070 61.7
Nondisabled 665 38.3
Disability Type Count Percent
Chronic Health Condition 524 30.2
Mental Health 460 26.5
Blind 368 21.2
ADHD 228 13.1
Physical Disability 159 9.2
Autistic 128 7.4
Deaf 88 5.1
Neurological Disorder 82 4.7
Learning Disability 58 3.3
Speech Disability 31 1.8
Intellectual Disability 9 0.5
Age Range Count Percent
18-25 years 126 7.3
26-35 years 440 25.4
36-45 years 431 24.8
46-55 years 338 19.5
56-65 Years 213 12.3
66-75 years 150 8.6
76-85 years 27 1.6
Over 85 years 3 0.2
I would rather not share this information. 7 0.4
Gender Count Percent
Woman 1096 63.2
Man 554 31.9
Undisclosed 49 2.8
Nonbinary/Other 36 2.1
Race Count Percent
White non-Hispanic 1378 79.4
Asian/Asian American 122 7.0
Hispanic/Latino/a 108 6.2
Black/African American 106 6.1
Multiracial 37 2.1
Native American/Pacific Islander 32 1.8
I would rather not share this information. 30 1.7
Middle Eastern/North African (ME/NA) 23 1.3
Other 15 0.9
Afro-Latino(a) 1 0.1
Educational Attainment Count Percent
Some high school 18 1.0
High school graduate 243 14.0
Technical training after high school (for example, trade school) 40 2.3
Associate’s degree 123 7.1
Bachelor’s degree 560 32.3
Master’s degree 538 31.0
Doctoral degree 156 9.0
Other, please describe: 47 2.7
I would rather not share this information 10 0.6
Employment Status Count Percent
Employed 1462 84.2
Not Employed 273 15.7
Driver Status Count Percent
Driver 1441 83.1
Nondriver now 269 15.4