One in five people aged over 75 experience sight loss. This can be an upsetting experience in itself, but all the more daunting because of the additional cost that it brings to everyday life. When your failing vision means that you have to get help cleaning your house, or use more taxis because getting the […]
Our previous study for Thomas Pocklington Trust began to look at the extra costs of living at a minimum acceptable standard for people with sight loss. It showed how for people of working age, being sight impaired adds around £49 to a minimum weekly budget. This result was for the case of someone eligible to […]
You only have to look at this symbol … to realise how disability and its costs are prone to stereotypes. Think about the extra costs faced by disabled people and often the first thought is of the expense (often considerable) of purchasing a wheelchair or other specialised equipment. But new research that we have just […]