Scope: The Disability Price Tag

[Andy]

Key findings for disabled people:

• On average disabled people face extra costs of £583 a month
• On average, a disabled person’s extra costs are equivalent to almost half of their income (not including housing costs)
• 1 in 5 disabled people face extra costs of more than £1,000 a month
• Disabled people’s money doesn’t tend to go as far. On average, £100 for a non-disabled person is equivalent to just £68 for a disabled person.

Key findings for families with disabled children:

• On average families with disabled children face extra costs of £581 a month
• For almost a quarter (24%) of families with disabled children, extra costs amount to over £1,000 a month.

https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/extra-costs

 

[Esther12]

I remember falling ill and not being well enough to do fun stuff, but not having any extra money because it all went on things I needed as a result of health problems. It makes the cuts to disability benefits all the more painful, probably especially for those who are newly ill and still working out how to manage.