Meerveld: Lessons from Maria on ability, disability and strength

Opinion: Of the more than 1.8 million severely disabled people in this country, half report not receiving sufficient assistance with household chores and only one in five gets any unpaid help at all.

The poverty rate for persons with disabilities dwarfs the national average and even a reasonable level of income transfers and organizational funding would dramatically improve livelihoods.

 


Posted 8 years ago