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People with disabilities feel they've been forgotten during pandemic, research shows

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Two thirds of people living with a disability think they've been forgotten about during the pandemic, according to new research.

A study of 1,000 adults with a physical disability or mental health condition found 45 per cent have felt lonely while 50 per cent have suffered depression.

And 37 per cent said the pandemic has left them feeling isolated. But 67 per cent went as far as to say they felt people with a disability had been forgotten about during the pandemic.

And three quarters (78 per cent) believe those living without a disability don't understand how difficult it has been for them during the pandemic and lockdown.

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