This round-up provides an overview of what is currently known about the housing circumstances of disabled children and their families. Many professionals and services are involved with families with a disabled child and this can make it hard for parents to distinguish roles of different professionals/services. Emerson and Hatton's (2005) secondary analysis of the 2004 Family and Children Study (FACS) used the presence of one of three indicators1, which included learning difficulties more explicitly, and reported a prevalence rate of 10 per cent (n=~1.2 million) among children under 17 years living in Britain. An estimated 8.4 million people in England are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home, according to the National Housing Federation. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that the net effect will be a rise in both child and adult poverty levels (see UK poverty set to rise in next three years). Not surprisingly, families reporting that the location of their home was unsuitable were more likely to prefer to move. For ease of reading, this summary will use the phrase 'disabled child' to encompass the range of definitions used, though the reader should bear in mind the possible weaknesses or omissions in the way disability has been defined by a piece of research. On-going policy developments within children's services and housing may provide further opportunities for change at a policy level, and the implementation of those policies locally offers the chance for local services to reconsider the way they currently meet the housing needs of families with disabled children living in their area (Beresford, 2006). Children living in poor quality environments can be a lasting effect on their life. Bristol: The Policy Press. You can use this tool to set your cookies preferences on your devices. Bradshaw, J. and Lawton, D. (1978) 'Tracing the causes of stress in families with handicapped children'. (1996) 'Research into the lifeworld of physically disabled children'. 0 A one person household is assumed to require three such rooms (two common rooms and one bedroom), and an additional room is assumed to be required for: each additional couple, lone parent, or other person aged 16 or over; each pair aged 10 to 15 of the same sex; each pair formed from a remaining person aged 10 to 15 with a child aged under 10 of the same sex; each pair of children aged under 10 remaining; and each remaining person. Improvements were made in maternal and child nutrition, midwives and doctors were given better training and government initiatives meant that child welfare was a top priority. endstream endobj 195 0 obj <>/Metadata 14 0 R/Pages 13 0 R/StructTreeRoot 16 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 196 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/Properties<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89]/Type/Page>> endobj 197 0 obj [/Separation/Black/DeviceCMYK<>] endobj 198 0 obj <> endobj 199 0 obj <>stream In recent years the issue of housing and disabled children has moved up the policy agenda, and there are currently opportunities for change at both the national and local policy level. h�b```b``Ub`�B ce`a��_g�*`x��̰����y��H This report has presented evidence on the housing circumstances of families with a disabled child and has compared, where possible, their situations with families with non-disabled children. Research on families' experiences of trying to resolve their housing difficulties through moving or adapting is limited. This means that your child is entitled to it regardless of your income. 6 April 2017 First published. 194 33 No home is perfect and some inadequacies can be lived with without having any significant impact on its occupants. However, families can experience significant difficulties accessing support and services to help them address the problems with their housing. A company limited by guarantee and a registered charity.Company Number: 12132713Charity Number (Scotland): SC049712Charity Number (England and Wales): 1184957, http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-socioeconomic-circumstances-of-children-at-risk-of-disability-in-britain(6bc99040-4048-46d5-afac-e4eaa62fdb4c).html, Housing for disabled children and their families: an information resource. Help may be available to make your home more suitable, if the condition of your home is making it difficult to stay there. Townsley, R., Abbott, D. and Watson, D. (2003) Making a difference? The number of families living in unsuitable housing is, in itself, an indicator that statutory services are not addressing or meeting the housing needs of these families. I reported my daughter and son-in-law to the Child Neglect Crisis Line due to unsuitable living conditions. Half of parents stated this was the case, suggesting that, for many families, their housing difficulties were impacting on their lives in such a way that some action needed to be taken. Those with a disabled child are 50 per cent more likely than other families to live in overcrowded accommodation, to rate their home as being in a poor state of repair, and to report problems with wiring, draughts and damp in the child's bedroom. Department of Communities and Local Government (2007) Housing in England 2005/06: a report principally from the Survey of English Housing 2005/06. Another group identified as being less likely to know about housing support were families with children with learning or behavioural difficulties (as opposed to physical impairments). <<57C288FE492B604C90F066722CE69B20>]/Prev 160466/XRefStm 1276>> Disability and Society, 17, 3, 237–253. This could be if you need to move because you’re disabled or living in an overcrowded home. The past decade has seen an increase in the evidence base on housing and disabled children, which has in turn contributed to greater awareness of this issue among practitioners working in housing and children's services. Over a quarter said the condition of their home made it unsuitable for their child. trailer A key finding is the range of ways in which a home can be unsuitable for a family with a disabled child. The living condition of the parents plays a key role in custody decisions. http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-socioeconomic-circumstances-of-children-at-risk-of-disability-in-britain(6bc99040-4048-46d5-afac-e4eaa62fdb4c).html. Apply for a tenancy transfer. Bristol: Policy Press. Beresford and Oldman (1998) found that children wanted to be able to access all parts of their home, including the garden. Further analysis of this dataset revealed that families with the lowest incomes experienced a greater number of difficulties with their housing compared to higher income families. As one of the participants in the film notes: “What families with disabled children need is ordinary - meeting their needs takes something extraordinary.”, The DVD is available from [email protected].
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