Saba Salman

Saba Salman is a freelance social affairs journalist and regular writer for the Guardian. She has reported on equality and disability issues for more than 20 years and was a reporter on London local papers before moving onto the nationals. Saba is a former Evening Standard correspondent, and has written for women's magazines as well as for specialist weekly publications on housing and welfare. Saba's particular focus is the UK's overlooked population of 1.5m people with learning disabilities....See more

Saba Salman is a freelance social affairs journalist and regular writer for the Guardian. She has reported on equality and disability issues for more than 20 years and was a reporter on London local papers before moving onto the nationals. Saba is a former Evening Standard correspondent, and has written for women's magazines as well as for specialist weekly publications on housing and welfare. Saba's particular focus is the UK's overlooked population of 1.5m people with learning disabilities. Saba is a trustee of the charity Sibs, which supports the siblings of disabled children and adults, and has a younger sister with a learning disability. @Saba_Salman See less