As part of the initiative, 11 to 16-year-olds will be able to tell Tony Blair what they think should be done to improve the lives of Britain's 8.5 million disabled people. The authors of the 10 best ideas get to meet the PM. The project is part of the commission's year-long Educating for Equality Campaign.
Areas of concern are expec-ted to include finding employment and the perceived limited awareness of disability issues by the Government.
Bert Massie, commission chairman, said: "Disabled people are half as likely to get any qualifications, half as likely to go to university and half as likely to get a job. We need to reverse that."
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