New research from the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust has discovered that households where people have disabilities are particularly likely to have recently struggled to keep their home warm, have relied on friends and family for financial help, and had to make cutbacks on meals, showers or baths as living costs rise.
The charitable foundation found that nearly half of households (48%) containing people with disabilities have struggled to keep their home warm and comfortable at some point this year, compared with three in 10 (30%) households. Two-thirds (66%) of households containing people with disabilities have avoided turning on the heating, as have 58 per cent of non-disabled households.
The research also indicated that over a quarter (29%) of households where someone is disabled are in serious financial difficulty, based on their situation when it comes to factors such as their ability to pay bills and their level of savings.
