Disabled people are twice as likely as non-disabled people to have no qualifications whatsoever.
Labour Force Survey Winter 2001/02,ONS

One in twenty disabled people are at college of Further or Higher Education- compared to one in ten of the rest of the population. Labour Force Survey Winter 2000/01 ,ONS

Only 8% of disabled people have a degree level qualification compared to 17% of non-disabled people.
Labour Force Survey Winter 2001/02,OOS

There are more than 1 minion young peo" aged under 24 who have a disability (under the definition of the Disability Discrimination Act 1985.)
Household survey 1999 National Office of Statistics

This represents 5.5%-6% of the 18.3 million in this age group.
2001 Census OPC

Disabled people are around five times as likely as non-disabled people to be out of work and claiming benefits. There are 2.9 million disabled people out of work and claiming benefits. Labour Force Survey 2001/02 ONS

60.2% of those pupils with statements of SEN are in mainstream schools.

35.3% are in special schools or Pupil Referral Units

DFES SFR11/2002

GCSE & GNV - ENGLAND 15 YEAR OLDS - 2001

1 All Special Schools in England Community, Foundation, Non Maintained and Independent.

GCSE & GNV - ENGLAND 15 YEAR OLDS - 2002

Source: DfES.Area 6P

UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES GROWING UP DISABLED

Researchers took two stratified random samples of young people aged 13-22. A: 400 disabled people on OPCS category 1-10.
B: 726 non-disabled young people.

Self-esteem score out of 10

. Special school 6.6
. Disabled in mainstream 7.5
. Non-disabled in mainstream 8.5

Reproduced with permission from Hirst and Baldwin
Social Policy Unit, York 1994.