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| Disabled people's costs of living | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 054, October 2004 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, October 2004 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Costs [care] ; Income [older people] ; Expenditure [elderly] ; Cost of living ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | It is accepted that disabled people face additional costs to enable them to meet their needs. However, there has been no clear evidence about the true extent of these costs. This research, conducted by the Centre for Research in Social Policy with the support of Disability Alliance, presents budget standards for groups of disabled people who have different needs arising from physical or sensory impairments. The budget standards represent the amounts disabled people (of working age) require in order to cover the costs of an acceptable and equitable quality of life. They were developed by disabled people themselves, through a series of rigorously conducted focus groups. The budgets were not based on "wish lists". Rather, they represent the minimum essential resources necessary to meet disabled people's needs, to enable them to achieve, as far as possible, a "level playing field" with non-disabled people. They were arrived at through debate and negotiation within the focus groups. These findings are based on a report by Noel Smith and colleagues, "Disabled people's costs of living: 'More than you would think'", published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041026216 A |
| Classmark | BN: QDC: JF: J3: J3C: 3F |
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