Poverty and Developmental Disabilities: Improving the Lives of Families and Individuals

dc.contributor.author	Calix, Shaun	eng
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	eng
dc.date.issued	2010-06	eng
dc.description.abstract	Developmental disabilities affect approximately 17% of children younger than 18 years of age in the United States. The prevalence of developmental disabilities is greater within the population of people living in poverty. It has been estimated that 20-25% of families that receive welfare assistance have a child or adult in the household with a developmental disability. Studies have shown potentially bidirectional connections between poverty and developmental disabilities.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8636
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Center for Family Policy & Research	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	University of Missouri--Columbia. Center for Family Policy and Research	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.source	Harvested from: Center for Family Policy & Research web site	eng
dc.subject	early childhood education ; cognitive growth ; welfare	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Developmental disabilities	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Developmentally disabled children	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Poverty	eng
dc.title	Poverty and Developmental Disabilities: Improving the Lives of Families and Individuals	eng
dc.type	Policy Brief	eng