Dear Deborah
You may find the following references useful:
Disability Alliance (1987) Poverty and Disability, Breaking the Link:
The Case for a Comprehensive Disability Income, London, Disability
Alliance.
Fowkes, Oxley and Heiser (1994) Cross-Sector Benefits of Accessible
Public Transport. For the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Cranfield.
THOMPSON, P., LAVERY, M. & CURTICE, J. (1990) Short Changed by
Disability, London, Disability Income Group.
Kind regards
Bryan
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:15:46 +0100
> Reply-to: Deborah Stienstra <[log in to unmask]>
> From: Deborah Stienstra <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Counting the costs of living with disabilities
> To: [log in to unmask]
> I'm wondering if there have been any studies done documenting the costs of
> living with disabilities. I am especially interested in those done in
> Canada, but also would like to hear from those in other parts of the world.
> I'm sure that the costs will vary by type and severity of disability, over
> the life span, by access to public health system etc. I'm trying to develop
> a proposal that would allow us to ask people for their experiences of the
> costs associated with disabilities. Any help you can give me would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Deborah Stienstra
> Research Chair
> Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
> 56 The Promenade
> Winnipeg, Manitoba
> Canada R3B 3H9
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