The Lifetime Costs Associated with Living with a Disability
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Authors
McColl, Mary Ann
Schaub, Michael
Date
2015
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Abstract
In 2013 the CDPA was contracted by the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to undertake a literature review on lifetime costs associated with disability as part of the scheduled legislative review of the Registered Disability Savings Plan (2011). This paper represents a portion of the information generated for the government in that process. This review of literature used a scoping review methodology to assemble knowledge from international peer-reviewed and grey literature on the methods and results of estimates of the lifetime cost of disability. The scoping review was conducted according to the five-step approach outlined by Arksey and O’Malley: question specification, search design, article selection, data organization, reporting (Arksey & O’Malley, 2005; Levac, Colquohoun & O’Brien, 2010). The question addressed in the review was: What is currently known about the extraordinary expenses associated with living with a disability? In summary, this review has shown the strained economic circumstances of individuals and
families affected by disability. The evidence is robust that there are extraordinary costs, particularly in the areas of health and medical expenses, environmental adaptations and transportation. This literature is complex and difficult to summarize because of different methodologies, different costs included, different currencies, different years and different types and severities of disability. The literature suggests that Canada is on the cusp of a paradigm shift in domestic economic policy – from one based on income to one based on assets (Boshara et al., 2006).
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McColl, Mary Ann, Michael Schaub. The Lifetime Costs Associated with Living with a Disability. Canadian Disability Policy Alliance, [2015]
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Canadian Disability Policy Alliance