AN EVALUATION OF THE MOBILITY ALLOWANCE FOR FAMILIES WITH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child: Care, Health and Development
- Vol. 6 (5) , 279-289
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.1980.tb00158.x
Abstract
A variety of methods were used to evaluate the mobility allowance as a social security benefit for families with handicapped children. A study of the policy development showed that the mobility allowance was not the outcome of a rationally-planned and coherent strategy designed to meet need. A survey of families with a child beneficiary showed that the allowance helped to sustain the child's existing mobility, but did little to increase it. A study of the criteria according to which the allowance is allocated suggested that there is a case to be made for paying the allowance from the age of two rather than from the age of five.Keywords
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