Income trajectories of families raising a child with a neurodisability.

CONCLUSIONS: The association between child with neurodisability and lower household income may not hold for all types of parents', working status is an important consideration. Implications for Rehabilitation Findings support the health selection hypothesis that health status shapes diverging economic conditions over time: children with a ND have lower household incomes than children without a ND child across all waves of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Income gaps did not increase or decrease over time; rehabilitation services and policies must consider the lower average incomes associated with raising a child with a ND. Social assistance support likely plays a key role in closing the gap, especially for non-working families.
PMID: 32898428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - September 7, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rothwell DW, Lach LM, Kohen DE, Findlay LC, Arim RG Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research