  We present some results from a systematic survey for disks around
spectroscopically identified young brown dwarfs and very low mass stars. We
find that ~75% of our sample show intrinsic IR excesses, indicative of
circum(sub)stellar disks. The observed excesses are correlated with Halpha
emission, consistent with a common disk accretion origin. Because the excesses
are modest, conventional analyses using only IR colors would have missed most
of the sources with disks. In the same star-forming regions, we find that disks
around brown dwarfs and T Tauri stars are contemporaneous; assuming coevality,
this demonstrates that substellar disks are at least as long-lived as stellar
disks. Altogether, the frequency and properties of circumstellar disks are
similar from the stellar regime down to the substellar and planetary-mass
regime. This offers compelling evidence of a common origin for most stars and
brown dwarfs.
