And with this, acceptance and understanding of the capabilities of disabled athletes would also increase.
"We do know that people are often more aware and concerned about health and safety regulations than they are about the needs and capabilities of disabled students.
Still, most patients, even if they regain communicative capabilities, remain disabled to varying, often considerable extents (see Tables S1, S2).
This is why it is imperative to gain awareness of the true capabilities of the disabled community.
But even worse is what is happening with the work capability assessment (for disabled applicants) and the new personal independence payment (PIP) which replaced the disability living allowance.
They also object to working with Remploy in principle because it is majority owned by Maximus, the US company that handles work capability assessments of disabled people for the Department for Work and Pensions.
Ipsos Mori reckons 84% of its respondents either agree or tend to agree with stricter work-capability tests for disabled people, and 78% are in accord with the idea that benefits should be docked if people turn down work that pays the same or less than they get in benefits.
Its biggest UK contract is running "Work Capability Assessments" on disabled people applying for benefits.
