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class="Services__title underline">Disability in the UK</h3><ul class=Services__list><li class=Services__item><div class=Services__img-container><img class="Services__img lazy"alt data-imgs=/scope/media/images/illustrations/heads-illustration.png?w=600&hash=8E67D8713A7051B941604CB73700F168,/scope/media/images/illustrations/heads-illustration.png?w=1100&hash=1C3CB3E0BC6FE7206416E773A75C7A01,/scope/media/images/illustrations/heads-illustration.png?w=1400&hash=52035BD02036EDA6907DB917C1AC64F1 src=/imgs/transparent1px.png></div> <div class="Services__content-container rte"><p class=Services__content-text>There are 13.9 million disabled people in the UK.</div><li class=Services__item><div class=Services__img-container><img class="Services__img lazy"alt data-imgs=/scope/media/images/illustrations/wallet-illustration.png?w=600&hash=2575E29CAD66C7DF851B2D12CB88D7C0,/scope/media/images/illustrations/wallet-illustration.png?w=1100&hash=2A6351A996A0885EFCB296D598C2C9EF,/scope/media/images/illustrations/wallet-illustration.png?w=1400&hash=57A6876732A84FAF545CEF254F0E72D7 src=/imgs/transparent1px.png></div> <div class="Services__content-container rte"><p class=Services__content-text>Life costs an extra £583 a month on average if you're disabled.</div><li class=Services__item><div class=Services__img-container><img class="Services__img lazy"alt data-imgs=/scope/media/images/illustrations/teddy-bear-illustration.png?w=600&hash=F9ED0ED84DD1DDE4EDCCC0219AA01A53,/scope/media/images/illustrations/teddy-bear-illustration.png?w=1100&hash=1E2BE3D92879B57BCE1591E46579480D,/scope/media/images/illustrations/teddy-bear-illustration.png?w=1400&hash=A2E61ED19167FC858BF67291212B7897 src=/imgs/transparent1px.png></div> <div class="Services__content-container rte"><p class=Services__content-text>8% of children in the UK are disabled.</div><li class=Services__item><div class=Services__img-container><img class="Services__img lazy"alt data-imgs=/scope/media/images/illustrations/cv-illustration.png?w=600&hash=D4C2B8C36206038D9129C77804A508B7,/scope/media/images/illustrations/cv-illustration.png?w=1100&hash=C394E5DA0B180991831555EF01F3B21E,/scope/media/images/illustrations/cv-illustration.png?w=1400&hash=BEDC3A0654C20EBFA1104AB32EBF2DFB src=/imgs/transparent1px.png></div> <div class="Services__content-container rte"><p class=Services__content-text>Disabled people are over twice as likely to be unemployed.</div></ul></section><div class=Background><div class="Background__container purple"></div></div><section class=PromotedItems><div class=PageItem><a aria-label="Our lives, our journey"class=PageItem__item href=/campaigns/research-policy/our-lives-our-journey/> <div class=PageItem__visual><img class="PageItem__img h-center lazy"alt 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