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Disabled people 'left behind in society', report finds

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Alex
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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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