Disabled children disproportionately affected by UK cost of living crisis

Families who have extra costs because of a child’s disability are going without electricity or heating

Disabled children are being forced to go without electricity or heating because their families are being disproportionately harmed by the cost-of-living crisis, according to research by a children’s charity.

The Childhood Trust said that the rising cost of energy bills and other inflation was affecting the families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) even more than their mainstream counterparts.

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