"Figure 5: Disabled people with severe or specific learning difficulties, autism and mental illness had the lowest employment rates ","" "Employment rates of disabled people, by main impairment, aged 16 to 64 years, UK, year ending June 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Speech impediment has been grouped with the “other problems or disabilities” category because of low sample size. 2. Analysis by impairment is based on the “main impairment” as reported by the respondent. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Estimate","LCI","UCI" "Severe or specific learning difficulties","26.2","20.5","31.8" "Autism","29.0","24.8","33.2" "Mental illness or other nervous disorders","30.1","27.1","33.0" "Progressive illness n.e.c.","40.6","37.6","43.7" "Epilepsy","42.6","35.2","50.0" "Difficulty in seeing","48.6","41.8","55.4" "Heart blood pressure or blood circulation problems","53.3","50.1","56.6" "Other problems disabilities","53.6","51.7","55.6" "Depression bad nerves or anxiety","55.1","53.3","56.8" "Problems or disabilities connected with Back or neck","56.2","54.0","58.4" "Problems or disabilities connected with legs or feet","58.4","56.1","60.7" "Problems or disabilities connected with arms or hands","59.5","56.5","62.5" "Chest or breathing problems asthma bronchitis","59.6","56.9","62.4" "Diabetes","59.8","55.8","63.9" "Difficulty in hearing","63.3","55.4","71.3" "Stomach liver kidney or digestion problems","64.0","60.9","67.2" "Severe disfigurements skin conditions allergies","71.3","64.8","77.9"