ADEA Climate Study results for students, staff, faculty, and administrators with versus without self‐reported cognitive, emotional, and/or physical diverse abilities/disabilities

Students/staff/faculty/administrators/administrators with faculty appointments who self-identify as having "cognitive, emotional, and/or physical diverse abilities/disabilities" differ from those who do not self-identify as such. They have less positive perceptions of their institutions' climate, their social relationships, poorer mental health, and academic/professional outcomes. The fact that climate perceptions are significantly correlated with mental health and academic/professional outcomes should be a call to action for dental educators to create a climate supportive of all members of their communities.