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ALT A graphic showing 5 boxes of stats. Text reads: 434,243 people granted social care are still waiting for it. At least 2,025 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people are locked away in mental health hospitals. 4.9 years is the average length of stay for current inpatients. 600,000 disabled people have just £10 or less per week to pay for food and other essentials. Almost 3 out of 5 people who live in poverty in the UK are disabled or live with a person who is disabled.
ALT The text reads, 'Don't miss the deadline. Register to vote 11:59pm, Tuesday 18 June.' An illustration shows two people at a polling both. On the left a person is in a wheelchair.
ALT A purple graphic with four oatmeal coloured boxes on top. In each box there's a statistic relating to people with a learning disability. They read, twice as many people with a learning disability die avoidably than in the general population. One in five people in the UK have seen someone mocked because of their learning disability. 28% of people in the UK still believe that learning disability relates to a mental health problem. Disabled households need £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.
ALT Voting is a right! Vote confidently, read our occupational therapists’ advice at rcot.co.uk/voting
ALT A purple graphic with four oatmeal coloured boxes on top. In each box there's a statistic relating to people with a learning disability. They read, twice as many people with a learning disability die avoidably than in the general population. One in five people in the UK have seen someone mocked because of their learning disability. 28% of people in the UK still believe that learning disability relates to a mental health problem. Disabled households need £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.
ALT Quote reads: Every one of us is a sensory being, whether we’re using our knowledge of our sensory integration to think about our own levels of alertness or whether it’s about our clients, sensory integration is all our business.” Kath Smith.