Scope: Two-thirds of disabled adults 'treated differently'
The disabled charity Scope has exclusively revealed to ITV News that two-thirds of disabled adults say they are still treated differently, 20 years after the Disability Discrimination Act.
It also reveals:
40%
of disabled people say the UK is a good place to be a disabled person
49%
have experienced discrimination in shops, a third (31%) in cinemas and theatre
67%
of the public admit that they feel uncomfortable talking to disabled people
42%
feel they have missed out on a job “every time” or “a lot of the time” because of their disability
250,000
Nearly a quarter of a million disabled people said they had been treated unfairly by an employer
£550
The amount disabled people spend an average on disability related costs
1 in 10
disabled people pay an extra £1000 a month in additional living costs
- Source: Scope