2012 Reports

The Intersection of African Americans and Disability

Smith, Raymond Arthur; Agbabiaka, Beulah Iyabo

This issue brief is focusing on how disability is treated in the black community. It covers social stigma surrounding disability, identity development as a member of the disabled and of the African American community, the problems with misdiagnosis of learning disability in the black community, and the continued effects of that misdiagnosis.