Family Policy and Disability

This book explores the status and scope of family policies related to households of children with disabilities providing an in-depth evidence-based review of legal programmatic issues. It includes a discussion of the gaps between family needs and contemporary family policies in the United States and European countries as demonstrated in these households'' surveys. In addition the volume offers a comparative analysis of cash benefits tax credits and deductions and in-kind provisions between the United States and select European countries (UK France and Sweden). Most importantly this book identifies and continues the discussion regarding the critical role of family-centered policies as expressed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) as well as the future of family policy toward families of children with disabilities at a time of economic crisis.