Evaluation of the Impact the Financial and Social Costs of Disability
This project’s general goal is to evaluate the financial and social impacts of the existence of people with disabilities and handicaps in the family household. This general goal results in the following specific goals: to identify the social risks of disability; to analyse the social and financial costs of disability; to evaluate the impact of the costs related to disability in the family budgets; to evaluate the impact of support, assistance and cash benefits in the family budget; to evaluate the contribution of public policies for the reduction of disability social risks.
The study identified the different dimensions of the structural framework of inequality which affect disabled people in our society: lower levels of education, lower employment rates, lower income from employment and
greater expenditure on health. In addition, it was found that social transfers do not compensate for the particular forms of vulnerability associated with disability and that the financial and social costs for households are high. The study adopted the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) as its conceptual base and in-depth interviews as the empirical base. Taking the conditions required to optimise autonomy, inclusion and quality of life for disabled people as a reference for its calculations, the study identified 10 analytical profiles and estimated the additional costs borne annually by the respective household budgets at between 5,100€ and 26,304€.
Presentation of final report with conclusions and recommendations