UK attitudes towards disability still bad say charities
On the first anniversary of the Paralympic Games, disability charity Scope has warned its legacy “hangs in the balance”. There was a widely perceived positive change in attitudes towards disabilities in the immediate aftermath of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, but a recent survey carried out on behalf of Scope shows this has disappeared, and perhaps even been reversed into a negative shift.
A year on from the Paralympics, 81% of disabled people polled said attitudes had failed to improve. Photo: Samsung Tomorrow.
UK attitudes towards disability still bad say charitiesOn the first anniversary of the Paralympic Games, disability charity Scope has warned its legacy “hangs in the balance”. There was a widely perceived positive change in attitudes towards disabilities in the immediate aftermath of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, but a recent survey carried out on behalf of Scope shows this has disappeared, and perhaps even been reversed into a negative shift. A year on from the Paralympics, 81% of disabled people polled said attitudes had failed to improve. Photo: Samsung Tomorrow.