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In an online survey of 1,500 adults for the cerebral palsy disability group Scope, 85% felt this was the case and more than half said they had witnessed discrimination against disabled people, or had been subjected to discrimination as a disabled person themselves.

Verbal abuse, patronising behaviour and access problems for wheelchair users were cited as the most common examples of discrimination against disabled people. And 5% of those surveyed said they had also seen a disabled person being physically abused.

The survey is being released to coincide with the launch of Scope's Time To Get Equal Week, designed to raise awareness of discrimination against disabled people.

A crop circle has been mown into a Wiltshire field to raise awareness of the cause.

Scores of disabled people and disability rights campaigners are also expected to rally outside Downing Street to urge the Government to adopt the Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill.

The proposals included in the Bill would give rights to disabled people over where they lived, who they lived with, and what they could demand from local authorities and the NHS. It would also set up a national strategy for disabled people.

Scope chief executive Jon Sparkes said the survey showed discrimination against disabled people was not a myth. "Our research shows that many people still have entrenched negative attitudes about disabled people, particularly when they are involved in their everyday lives, such as having a boss with cerebral palsy," he said.

"In this day and age we would not condone sexism or racism in the workplace or in any social situation, so we cannot, and should not, be allowing (discrimination against disabled people) to continue."

One in four people surveyed said they would pay £1 a week extra council tax to ensure disabled people were given more support, while nearly one in 10 of those surveyed would pay an extra £5 a week.