Activity Alliance Annual Survey Impairment Report 2023-24: Differences for People with Different Impairment Types

Activity Alliance · 2024

About this report

This report presents findings from Activity Alliance's fifth Annual Disability and Activity Survey, focusing on differences in sport and physical activity experiences across seven impairment types. It finds that disabled people across all groups widely want to be more active but face significant barriers including their condition itself, cost of living pressures, lack of confidence, and limited representation in sport. People with learning, mental health, and social or behavioural impairments tend to face more pronounced barriers and lower wellbeing scores compared to disabled people overall, while motivations and preferred sources of advice vary meaningfully by impairment type.

Research details

Methodology

Survey

Sample size

971

Sample

Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, representative of the UK profile of disabled people across key demographics. Sub-groups include people with mobility, learning, long-term health, mental health, hearing, visual, and social or behavioural impairments.

Place

England

Youth involvement

No youth involvement

Themes