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Disability Quiz
 

In Coventry there are many good examples of organisations that support disabled people. These include city-based, dedicated services as well as leisure, social and educational opportunities.

Discrimination

The major challenge facing disabled people arises from the social discrimination they often face. This includes stereotyping and lack of information sources in suitable formats such as audio or Braille, as well as inaccessible buildings and transport.

Solutions

Coventry’s Access to Work schemes provide practical advice, financial support, specialist equipment and help with travel. One self-financed membership organisation has 600 disabled members who work to provide services and enterprises for other disabled people in the city and region.

Quick facts: Coventry’s disabled people
  • 1 in 12 households includes at least one person with a physical disability
  • 7‚000 people have a learning disability‚ of whom 1‚000 have severe impairments
  • Nearly 3‚000 households receive home care from either a local authority or independent care provider
  • Currently only 1 in 2 disabled people is in paid employment
  • There are an estimated 30‚000 unpaid carers

Please select what you think is the right answer.

1 Of the 122,353 households in Coventry, approximately how many have at least one person with a disability?
2 How many people with learning disabilities live in Coventry?
3 How many of the households which have at least one person with a disability receive homebased care services?
4 Approximately how many people living in Coventry have a severe or profound learning disability?
5 When do/did these amended regulations from the Disability Discrimination Act come into force?

 
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