This interview was conducted as part of the podcast, LGBTQ&A.More than a third of LGBTQ+ adults identify as having a disability, and yet, as Maria Town, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, notes, not everyone who has a disability identifies as disabled.
It's a distinction with which the queer community is particularly attuned to — self-identification. You have to come out and declare yourself as queer in order to be counted as such."Everyone will become disabled if they're lucky enough.
Aging is a privilege. Far too few of us get the opportunity to live to be a ripe old age. And if you do get the opportunity, you will likely become disabled," Town says on the LGBTQ&A podcast this week.