1. Mental Health and Substance Use among Students with Disabilities
Center for Drug and Health Studies

2. Self Reported Disabilities by Students*
Students who participated in the YRBS were in general education classrooms
Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Notes:
Weighted Data
*Self reported disability defined as difficulty seeing, hearing, walking, climbing stairs, or having a serious difficulty concentration, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental or emotional disability.

3. Health Care Professional Identified Student with Disability*
Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Notes:
Weighted Data
*Disability defined as having difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions, or doing things because of a physical, emotional or learning disability

4. Students with Disability Either Self Reported or Identified by Health Care Professional
If a student responded yes to both or just one of the disability questions they were put into the Students with Disability group. This prevents from double counting any students
Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Note:
Weighted Data

5. Substance Use Among Students with Disabilities*
Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Notes:
Weighted Data
*Students with disabilities include those who self identified or were identified by health care professionals
Differences in substance use were all statistically significant at the .01 level.

6. Mental Health Among Students with Disabilities*
Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Notes:
Weighted Data
*Students with disabilities include those who self identified or were identified by health care professionals
Differences in substance use were all statistically significant at the .01 level.