Employment among people with disabilities rising but more progress needed
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the gap in employment between working-age people with and without disabilities is closing. In 2013, 43.4% of working-age disabled people were employed, compared with 77.6% of non-disabled people representing a gap of 34.2%. By 2019 however the gap fell to 28.6% with 53.2% of