By Samihah Dharamsi
Addressing Disability in the Muslim Community: Now and in the Coming Decade
The 2001 Census revealed the group with the highest level of disability in the UK is in fact the Muslim Community, with almost a quarter of Muslim females (24 per cent) and one in five Muslim males (21 per cent) as having a self-declared disability. So why are we so reluctant to accept these situations and tackle them? 777