Income assistance use among young adults who were in British Columbia special education: A longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with disability (PWD) experience disproportionately high poverty rates in Canada. This trend is apparent especially among youth compared to those who develop disabilities later in life. PWD in poverty have additional needs that increase barriers to full participation in society and translate to higher basic costs for daily living. Despite the existence of income assistance programs in Canada to mitigate income inequalities faced by PWDs, access to these programs can be limited.

Objective

To describe use of income assistance for young adults with disability in British Columbia for the development of potential approaches to improve realized access to these programs.

Methods

We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study using British Colum

SUBMITTER: Scott CWM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543764 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature