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Financial assistance for families with severely disabled children and transport costs
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 13(5), November 1999, pp.333-345.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Families with severely disabled children encounter many difficulties in getting out and about. The inadequacy of statutory financial assistance for transport related costs is confirmed by an analysis of families receiving grants from the Family Fund Trust. A third of the sample of families with a severely disabled child received grants for transport related costs. Concludes by making recommendations for improving current statutory support.