14~19岁是决定残疾人未来生活机会的关键时期,对于今后他们克服成为平等公民的障碍有着十分重要的影响。不过,许多指标表明,英国残疾青少年目前的境遇不佳。与健全人相比,在16岁的少年中,未接受任何形式的教育培训和未就业者在残疾人中的比例两倍于其在健全人中的比例(15%对7%) The age of 14 to 19 is a crucial period for determining the future opportunities for people with disabilities and has a significant impact on their ability to overcome obstacles to becoming equal citizens in the future. However, many indicators suggest that the United Kingdom has a poor situation for disabled adolescents. Compared with healthy individuals, the proportion of children aged 16 years and less than 10% of disabled persons without any form of education and training and non-employed persons is 15% versus 7%