The costs of being disabled
Money Box
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The Extra Cost of Being Disabled
The payments are for this year only, and it's a bit of a sticking plaster to a longer turm problem. Scope did some research in 20 19. Think it was 583 pounds at the time that was said was the extra cost of being disabled. That hasn't gone down, has it? I think it'd be interesting for non disabled people listening... But there are just other costs, aren't there? There're food. There's adaptations for your house. Things like specialist equipment. Wheel chairs can cost thousands of thousands of pounds. Adapted bikes, adapted cars can cost lots and lots of money. And disabled people have to divert their income to this. Yes, on average
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