Disabled children and child poverty

Why campaign?

EDCM wants to see an end to the poverty experienced by disabled children and their families.

Disabled children are more likely to live in poverty than other children. This is because parents of disabled children face barriers to entering and sustaining employment and experience additional and ongoing costs as a result of caring for their disabled child.

EDCM’s campaign briefing Disabled Children and Child Poverty, launched in 2007, highlights these challenges, and makes recommendations for change.

EDCM wants the government to take specific action to end child poverty for disabled children and their families.

EDCM is a member of the Campaign to End Child Poverty