Money and Disabled People

Money isn’t everything, but it certainly helps. For the people with disabilities and their parents this is a very real concern, especially when planning for the future for a child with special needs. Issues involving money and the disabled people include everything from jobs and employment to finding financial aid and grants to future and estate planning for parents of children with disabilities to teaching the necessary money management and skills.

Explore some of these issues more from the Money section of this online documentary. Or visit some of these worthwhile websites for more information on the topics of money and the disabled people:

Jobs & employment for disabled people

EmployAbililites:
The site of an Alberta non-profit dedicated to helping people with physical disabilities find work.

Supported Employment for the Disabled people:
Article explaining what supported employment is from US organization Kids Together Inc.

Financial aid, grants, money for disabled people

Government of Financial Aid & Grants for Persons with Disabilities:
From the People with Disabilities Network a list of the government grants and assistance programs available in Canada for the disabled people and their families

Future & estate planning for parents of children with disabilities

Financial considerations when you give birth to a disabled child:
From the UK site, YoureAble.com this includes some good advice of both short term and long term financial issues for parents of disabled people children in the UK and

Estate Planning Tips from Getting Good Advice:
Good for parents of children with disabilities or anyone doing serious future planning

Teaching money management skills to disabled people

Money Instructor:
Worksheets and lesson plans for teaching basic money skills, personal finance, and money management. Limited membership is free, full membership costs $19.95 annually. US site.

If you think we’ve missed a good resource about money and people with disabilities please contact us here.