Trajectories of poverty and economic hardship among American families supporting a child with a neurodisability.
David W RothwellGenevieve GariepyFrank J ElgarLucyna M LachPublished in: Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR (2019)
The study establishes descriptive evidence for how having a child with an ND relates to changes in family economic conditions. The social and economic conditions that precede the child's birth seem to be driving the economic inequalities observed later throughout the life course.