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Gender Identity And Disability
In a paper published in the Disability & Health issue, Madeline Smith-Johnson finds that transgender adults also report higher rates of disability than cisgender adults, with the disparity remaining even after various demographic, socioeconomic, and health behavior factors are controlled for.
"Transgender adults have a 27 percent chance of having at least one
disability at age twenty and a 39 percent chance at age fifty-five"—nearly twice the rate of their cisgender counterparts at both ages, Smith-Johnson reports.
Given evidence that having a disability and identifying as transgender are both separately associated with increased risk for poor health outcomes, Smith-Johnson’s findings are an example of how identities can combine to further increase health risks.
Disability status is only one of many identities an individual has, and it does not act independently in shaping people’s health opportunities and outcomes.
Several papers in the Disability & Health theme issue present evidence of disparities among people with disabilities that intersect with other marginalized identities. Read the entire Disability & Health issue today.
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
In Forefront, Carrie Henning-Smith and coauthors argue that, despite the advancements in LGBTQ+ rights and equality made in recent decades, more work is needed to ensure representation and health equity for rural LGBTQ+ Americans.
We are also featuring poems by Monique Simón, Veronica Ashenhurst, Sydney Chasteen, and Cathryn Ana Glenday that were finalists in the journal's recent Narrative Matters
poetry contest on disability and health. You can read them here.
A new report from America’s Health Rankings revealed increasing mental health needs among young people. To help better address these mental health needs, we are partnering with Active Minds to launch a new program in fifty school districts across Minnesota, North Carolina, and Florida. Learn more.
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