“…disabled people with severe or specific learning difficulties, or autism … had the lowest employment rates”

  • Outcomes for disabled people across areas of life: education, employment, social participation, housing, well-being, loneliness and crime. Analysis by disability status and by age, sex, impairment type and severity, country and region based on survey data.

“Underlying the approaches of devolved administrations is the Social Model of Disability. The social model helps us recognise barriers that make life harder for disabled people. Removing these barriers creates equality and offers disabled people more independence, choice and control.”

“By 2026, we want data to show that we have made progress on closing the employment gap for autistic people, drawing on the Labour Force Survey.”