It would remove the excuse some employers might use that disabled peopleare too expensive to recruit as volunteers, which acts as a real barrierto many people looking for that first foot in the door.
I went to a mainstream school, and I think it's important that disabledchildren get the same education as non-disabled. We all have to getalong in the wider world, so why educate us separately?
I would put much more investment into state schools so that they havethe support and equipment needed to accept everyone. I think everyoneshould be allowed to go to their local school.
Finally, I would make sure that every train and tube station wasaccessible so that disabled people are able to travel around as Ibelieve this a basic human right that is being denied. This would enabledisabled people to grow in confidence and enable them to go out andsocialise with non-disabled people. This would of course rely on pubsand clubs being accessible, which unfortunately isn't usually thecase.
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