“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.” ~Adam Smith, Scottish political economist (1723-1790)

Something as simple as maintaining eye-contact in a job interview is physically impossible for people with various forms of autism. Disabled people are treated socially as lazy, good for nothing, scroungers... When in reality they CANT work so they need some form of living income. People in wheelchairs are discriminated against because the companies need extra support, therefore employers choose not to employ them for some other reason, often trivial, just so they don't have to be concerned with a lawsuit if they don't provide said extra support. Also I completely agree with the woman at the end, disabled people aren't devoid of emotions and ambitions, they aren't "happy" to sit around doing nothing with their lives, they WANT to do more for society and they WANT to get out into the world and achieve their goals like every other person... They just have bigger obstacles in their way and need help from others. By all means, if you help disabled people and they aren't grateful, then feel free to choose not to help them further, but until you try to actually help them get from point A to point B, which even sometimes includes doing everything they cant do for them, acting like all disabled people are forgettable is extremely insensitive, EVERYONE needs help from someone else at some point in their lives, just because disabled or people with mental health issues need help with different types of things, it doesn't mean they shouldn't be valued as people just like everyone else.

So true..... UK hates disabled people! I 100% can confirm that! My respect for all the people that work with disabled people and for all people that do something for others in need! I struggle to put food on the table every single day and currently care for a severely disabled person for free, because the UK's gov is too busy sending money and weapons to the Ukraine war. Shame to all politicians and leaders from all countries! They are all a disgrace and bring shame to humanity!

Forr some disabled who have learning disability. It is so sad many have no friends sadly.

Disabled people have been excluded by the London major.They have been excluded from travel by refusal to make tickets available to blind disabled. He needs to go to prision.

Did they just say 11 million disabled people?

I am disabled a firearm owner a forestry worker and a free range hen keeper and I want to get solar panels and I also want to plant trees and my little baby was killed because of the Dunblane cover up and lies. So I get treated like dog shit by the Government ! ! :(

IF channel four news are SO "concerned" about disability then WHY do they always COMPLETELY IGNORE me whenever I try writing to them about folk disabled like me? Disability, as I've said SO many times is NOT all "white sticks and wheelchairs" for the umpteen billionth time!

It's not just a access it's a systematic attack &I meen systematic,And nobody fights especially the news

It is true, you do feel like an afterthought... some kind of optional luxury extra if you are catered for at all.

No-ones home is a place of work unless it's a lifestyle choice. The gov are our servant, not ppl theirs.

My friend of over 10 years is chair bound. I never hear her complain ever.

We stay at home because dose not fit for us

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I have great sympathy for those with genuine disabilities, but there surely must be an equation between the cost of provision and the benefit. If it costs ten million pounds to fit out a station with ramps and lifts in order to provide access for a dozen people per day, I don't consider that a reasonable use of public funds (which most disabled peole do not contribute to), when that same money could be used to provide medical care for 100,000 people with life threatening conditions. I realise it's cold, but that's the nature of triage in a society that has limited funds, and more demands upon those funds than there are funds. Perhaps if the money being wrung out of EVERY venue was instead invested in researching mobility devices that freed disabled people from the NEED for special ramps and elevators it might provide a good long term solution.

NOT EVERYONE HAS A REAL DISABILITY WHICH RUINS IT FOR GENUINE DISABLED