"A civilization is measured by how it cares for its helpless members." Pearl Buck
Learn more about special needs families
More Than One-Fourth of American Families Have a Member with Disabilities
More than a quarter of American families include a person with disabilities. Families with disabilities are far more likely to live in poverty, and families in poverty are far more likely to include a member with disabilities.
U.S. Census Bureau, The Demographics of Disability in the Family: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Implications for Financial Well-Being
Effect of Disability on Family Income
Families with children with special needs earn substantially less than families with healthy children. And it works both ways; families in poverty are more likely to have children with special needs. Read up on the effect of developmental disability on family income.
Carolyn C. Foster, et al., Children with Special Health Care Needs and Forgone Family Employment, Pediatrics Vol. 148, Issue 3 (2021). (Summarized by Shaun Heasley at Disability Scoop)