In a study of over 3,800 working-age adults with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64, roughly two-thirds of adults with disabilities said that they “often experienced severe loneliness." Working-age adults with disabilities reported higher levels of loneliness in contrast to people without disabilities, Brown researchers found. The study surveyed over 3,800 working-age adults with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64. Ongoing feelings of loneliness for this population were almost three times more common than previous findings for the general adult population, she added. The severe amounts of loneliness were consistent across different types of disabilities and the separate surveys.