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Half of disabled people feel excluded from society A REPORT PUBLISHED by disability charity Scope has revealed that workingage disabled adults feel undervalued and disconnected from society. The research, which was collated based on the polling of 2,000 working-age disabled adults, showed that 49 per cent feel excluded from the general population, and two in five (41 per cent) don’t feel valued. Less than half (42 per cent) also don’t believe the UK is a good place for disabled people. One supporter of the campaign, Max Stainton, who
has cerebral palsy and recently trekked to the Everest base camp on horseback, said: “The fact I felt like I had to do such an extreme, slightly mental challenge just to prove myself to everyone around me tells you so much about societal perceptions of disability and the need to destroy those perceptions and challenge them and make them go away.” There are 13.9 million people in the UK living with a sensory, physical or learning disability, it is clear that there is still a lot of work to do before equality is achieved across the board.
PURPLE TUESDAY PROMOTING ACCESSIBLE SHOPPING MANY LEADING ORGANISATIONS HAVE signed up to make shopping more inclusive with the introduction of Purple Tuesday. The Purple Pound refers to the collective spending power of the disabled community and their connections. To help eradicate the barriers that many disabled people still face when it comes to shopping, Purple Tuesday is a campaign being launched to make customer-facing businesses more aware of challenges that disabled people face on the high street. Organisations who have already come forward to celebrate the move include Argos, Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Marks & Spencer. Backed by the government, the campaign is set to take place on Tuesday 13 November and retailers will introduce new accessible shopping measures in store and online. Purple Tuesday is being coordinated by disability organisation Purple.
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