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Adults 'more likely to become disabled if they are already living on low incomes'
A study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (Being and becoming: social exclusion and the onset of disability) published on 19 November 2003, shows that the risk of disability is greater for those adults who are out of work or in low status jobs.
The study claims that there is an urgent need for new policy initiatives to target the links between disability and social disadvantage. They include action to reduce health inequalities and to direct more resources to enabling disabled people to stay in work. The research also underlines the value of offering greater support to partners and other carers, through improved benefits.'
The report can be viewed on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website.