By Lucinda Parfett
This month is disability pride month. We've grouped together some statistics from the University of St Andrew's research into inequality experienced by disabled people in the UK, as well as statistics from Scope. These aren't representative of all of the inequalities or issues a disabled person may face, but we hope that this can be used as a tool to help others outside the disabled community to better understand inequality and inaccessibility faced by disabled people.
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1.The first page says 'disability pride'.
2. " 1 in 20 children are disabled"
3." 1 in 7 working age adults are disabled"
4. "50% less likely to hold a formal qualification than non-disabled."
5."28% of children living in families with a disabled member are at risk of income poverty."
6. "25% of families with at least one disabled member live in income poverty."
7. "1 in 3 people see disabled people as being less productive than non-disabled people."
8. " 1 in 3 disabled people have experienced some form of prejudice."
9."Disability awareness is crucial to changing inequality and inaccessibility."
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