Taking a Closer Look: Child poverty and disability

Save the Children and The Family Fund have produced new research which shows that the extent of child poverty among families with a disabled adult or child is significantly underestimated by current statistics.

Despite the fact that one in three disabled children are currently living in poverty, and almost half of children living in a family with a disabled adult are in poverty, their situation seems to have slipped beneath the radar.

This research report is based around 12 case studies which explore in depth with parents their family situation and circumstances, how they manage on their income, and any particular barriers or difficulties they face.