In Pursuit of Assistance, Children With Disabilities Face Complex, Fragmented Service System.

AScribe Health News Service, December, 2007

Byline: The Urban Institute

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In their new book "Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities," researchers Laudan Y. Aron and Pamela J. Loprest detail the challenges facing children with disabilities and their parents when these families try to navigate the multiple, complex public service systems intended to meet their multifaceted needs.

The authors underscore that while not a homogeneous group, children with disabilities are more likely than other children to live in poverty, live with only one parent, have parents who are in poor health or unemployed. Aron and Loprest cite statistics showing that over the last 14 years, the risk for disability has remained fairly constant for children at or above the...

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