The costs of being disabled
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
85% of families with disabled children use more energy, from electric hoists to extra heating and powered wheelchairs. Going without these can mean a significant decline in the standard of living and health for disabled people and their families. With energy costs soaring, how are disabled people coping? What support is available? We have tips on how can you save money on energy, food and other necessities as prices soar.
Adam Shaw is joined by Emma Tracey from the Access All podcast as they discuss the cost of living for disabled people.
Panel:
James Taylor - Director of Strategy - Scope
Helen Undy - Chief Executive - Money and Mental Health
Listen to the Access All podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02r6yqw
Producer: Drew Hyndman
Editor: Emma Rippon
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
| 0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
| 0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
| 0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
| 0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for |
| 0:21.7 | Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is |
| 0:27.8 | the Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:43.1 | The cost of living crunch has affected everyone, but it's causing disabled people even more problems. |
| 0:49.6 | Around half of disabled people are cutting back on food because of rising costs, according to a recent UGov poll. In addition to the latest challenges, over 5 million people are thought to be missing out on benefits, |
| 0:55.5 | leaving 13 billion pounds unclaimed. The system is so complicated to understand people don't know |
| 1:01.6 | what help is available, according to the Benefits Help Group entitled to. Well, in this episode |
| 1:06.6 | of the Moneybox Live podcast, we're looking at how the latest affordability crunch has hit disabled people and what help is available. |
| 1:14.3 | And I'm joined this week by my co-presenter Emma Tracy, the presenter of the BBC podcast Access-All, |
| 1:20.1 | who's been covering this area in detail and is with us throughout the programme. |
| 1:23.8 | So, Emma, it's useful, I suppose, to start off with an explanation of what |
| 1:27.7 | Access All is. Absolutely. Hi, Adam. Access All is the BBC's Disability News podcast, and of course |
| 1:35.9 | it's on BBC Sounds. It's presented by the fantastic disability correspondent, Nikki Fox and myself. |
| 1:43.4 | Nicky's a wheelchair user and I'm blind. |
| 1:45.4 | And we cover all aspects of disability life. |
| 1:48.7 | We interview celebrities like the BAFTA winner Ruth Madley. |
| 1:51.8 | We talk about clothes and travel. |
| 1:54.1 | But we also dig quite deeply into the really important subjects |
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