Disabled people 'left behind in society', report finds

Alex

Some awful stats from EHRC:

• Across the UK, 18.4% of disabled people aged 16-64 were considered to be in food poverty compared with 7.5% of non-disabled people

• Disabled people over the age of 65 were twice as likely as non-disabled people in the same age group to be in food poverty

• Disabled people face problems in finding adequate housing, due to a shortage in accessible housing across Britain

• Disabled people were less likely to own their own home.

• Disabled young people (aged 16-24) and disabled women had the lowest median hourly earnings

• Families in the UK with a disabled member were more likely to live in relative poverty than non-disabled families.

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