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Children
• 7% of children in the UK are disabled and 10% of children in the UK live in a family with at least one
disabled child. 117
• 36% of disabled children report having a learning impairment and 42% report a social/behavioural impairment. 118
Families and Support
• It costs three times more to raise a disabled child as it does to raise a non-disabled child. 119
7%
of children in the UK are disabled
and
10%
of children in the UK live in a family with at least one disabled child.
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99.1% of disabled children live at home and are supported by their families. 120
84% of mothers of disabled children do not work, compared with 39% of mothers of non-disabled children. Only 3% of mothers of disabled children work full-time. 121
Research by Contact a Family shows that 65% of families caring for disabled children reported feeling isolated either frequently or all of the time. 56% felt that the cause of their isolation was due to a lack of support from statutory services, such as social care and education services. 122
Disabled children are three to four times more likely to be abused and/or neglected than non-disabled children. 123
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