The Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities is pleased to announce the findings from the newest phase of the intersectionality study, focusing on youth perspectives and the promise of One Minnesota.

2024-GCDD Intersectionality Study Research

This pilot study was completed in July 2024 and included 261 young Minnesotans ages 13-22. This quantitative and qualitative study divided respondents into four groups by race and ethnicity and disability status. The control group was made up of 176 individuals without disabilities, and there were 85 respondents with disabilities. These groups were then broken down into White (70%)  and BIPOC groups (30%), which closely matches the diversity of the general population of young Minnesotans.

BIPOC teens and young adults WITHOUT disabilities experience twice as many incidences of discrimination, reporting dissatisfaction with the way there are treated 12% of the time, as compared to white youth without disabilities who reported dissatisfaction at a rate of 6%. Minnesota teens and young adults with disabilities experience more than twice as many incidences of discrimination, the study revealed a 19% dissatisfaction rate as compared to youth without disabilities who reported dissatisfaction 9% of the time. The relative amounts of reported discrimination experiences were highest among young white Minnesotans with disabilities, at 26%.

A discrimination index was reported for each of the four groups. Young people without disabilities scored 56 while BIPOC without disabilities scored 107. The discrimination indices were notably higher for young people with disabilities. White youth with disabilities scored 158 and BIPOC with disabilities scored 142.

When respondents with disabilities go into the community they describe feeling misunderstood, excluded and frustrated, while young people without disabilities say they feel at ease, confident and accepted.

Stories were also gathered about specific areas where young Minnesotans felt excluded. These areas include social exclusion, workplace discrimination, healthcare discrimination, and inadequate support services.

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