ACCESSIBILITY BY THE NUMBERS (OCTOBER 2022)

Read the entire October 2022 issue of Inside Equal Access

Invisible disabilities

Statistics surrounding indivisible disabilities in the United States:

• 96% of Americans' disabilities are invisible.
• 94% of 2021 and 2022 students registered with Student Accessibility Services at Kent State have invisible disabilities.
• 13.1% of adults between 18 and 44 years of age have a cognitive invisible disability in Ohio.
• 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience chronic pain, making it one of the most common invisible disabilities.
• At least 38% of American college students rely on assistive technology tools for invisible disabilities, such as video captions.