Independent, confident, connected
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The report identifies five key aspects of life which can be enablers or barriers to disabled people being able to live the life they choose: Attitudes, work, care and support, public transport and digital technology.
The report finds:
- Although the public believe attitudes to disability are improving, one in three disabled people say there is still a lot of disability prejudice.
- 63 percent of respondents said that paid employment is, or would be, helpful or very helpful in supporting independence.
- Strong family connections and strong friend networks were among the most important factors for disabled people to help them live independently.
- 78 percent of disabled people say that having access to digital technologies is helpful.
- One in four disabled people say that they have been prevented from using public transport by other people’s attitudes in the last year.
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