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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Charli Clement

'Britain's education system is failing disabled children and teenagers'

Disabled people are almost three times more likely than non-disabled people to have no qualifications at all.

At the same time only 25% of disabled people aged 21 to 64 have a degree compared to just over 40% of their non-disabled peers.

These statistics might feel shocking at first glance, but not when you look at the number of ways disabled people struggle to access every stage of the education system.

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