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Report: Disability Registrations Surge at Elite US Universities

This past week, education reporter Rose Horowitch in The Atlantic reported rising self-identification as disabled at elite colleges, including 38% at Stanford University.
Online creators and diagnostic shifts have encouraged more students to self-identify, as TikTok broadens ADHD portrayals and DSM changes lowered diagnosis thresholds.
Community colleges report only 3-4% of students receive accommodations, while studies and tests cited in The Atlantic found many students at selective liberal-arts and Ivy League schools show no clear impairment.
A professor told Horowitch, `You hear 'students with disabilities' and it's not kids in wheelchairs`, and wealthier students often obtain notes that unlock accommodations like extra exam time and missed-class exemptions.
The push to frame conditions as identity markers coincides with rising risk-aversion among high-achieving students, as Will Lindstrom, director of the Regents' Center for Learning Disorders at the University of Georgia, says diagnoses often become part of students' identity and protect their grades.

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