Disabled individuals in the UK cannot afford food or warmth – Report
According to a recent survey, persons with disabilities in the UK are among those who have been impacted the hardest by the cost-of-living issue since their relatively low incomes leave them vulnerable to rising prices.
In comparison to 23% of the general population without disabilities, The Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank, reported on Wednesday that more over 40% of persons with disabilities could no longer afford to keep their houses warm.
Nearly one in three people with disabilities had to cut back on their food budget. The same problem was noted by fewer than one in five people without impairments.
According to the research, “disabled persons have been hurt not only by fast-rising energy prices but also by increased food prices.”
They are more likely to express concern about the price of necessities and claim that the crisis is negatively affecting their health, it was said.
The current UK inflation rate is over 10%, which is the highest level since the 1980s.
The Resolution Foundation noted that people with disabilities were much more likely to live in materially underprivileged households even before the crisis.
The lowest-income families had adults with disabilities making about 33% of the population. In contrast, only 9% of persons in the wealthiest homes in the UK have a disability.
Government statistics show that more than 14.5 million people, or around 22 percent of the population, in Britain, are disabled.
Over 2,000 working-age respondents who reported having a long-term illness or disability were included in the survey of over 8,000 persons, and the Resolution Foundation research was based on an analysis of official statistics.
