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Improving education attainment and raising employment rates among disadvantaged groups are key targets for the current government. This report shows that for one important group - disabled young people - these goals are far from being achieved. The study provides new evidence that today’s disabled young people share the aspirations of their non-disabled peers for education, work and independent living. But many are frustrated in achieving their ambitions. Analysing nationally representative data, the report shows that: parental background is more important than disability status in shaping young people’s aspirations; despite high aspiration, educational and employment outcomes are significantly worse for disabled young people; [and] the gap between disabled and non-disabled young people’s experiences widens as they get older.