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• Disabled children are more likely than non-disabled children to live in a single-parent family (32% compared with 22%). They are also more likely to have increased risk of parental separation during the first two years of their life. 124
Children and Poverty
• Disability Rights UK has estimated that 40% of disabled children are living in poverty. 125
• Families with disabled children can face additional barriers to avoiding poverty. For example, parents can be less able to work and find it more difficult to access childcare. 126
• In 2012, the Children’s Society reported that 4 in every 10 disabled children live in poverty. 127
• According to a Contact a Family survey in 2012, 1 in 6 families (17%) with disabled children go without food, 1 in 5 (21%) go without heating, 1 in 4 (26%) go without specialist equipment or adaptations, and 86% go without leisure activities. 128
• Low-income families with disabled children can often find it harder to access family support as well as help such as respite care and suitable childcare. 129
Later Life
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Disabled young people aged 16-18 were at least twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to not be in education, employment or training.
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Disabled young people aged 16-18 were at least twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to not be in education, employment or training. 130
Disabled children growing up in poverty generally achieve employment, economic independence, personal autonomy and independent housing to a lesser degree and later than non-disabled adults. 131
The transition from children’s services to adult services is often very challenging for young people with a learning disability and their families: it combines a change of services and professionals at the very
time when they are also negotiating wider changes to their life, for example in their educational circumstances. 132
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