The intersecting identities of race, disability status, and socioeconomic status compound to make the current child care options inadequate to meet the needs of children and families. To grossly oversimplify the current crisis, it is important to understand the following: child care is expensive, in high demand, and not adequately resourced across settings. In addition, care for a child with disabilities is more specialized, requiring different levels of staffing, child/teacher ratios, and/or equipment. For families who are more likely to be impoverished and/or of non-White racial identity (as noted above) finding this specialized care can be nearly impossible given the existing options. While progress has been made toward inclusive community settings, the following critiques of each setting point to a wide gap that needs to be filled for families. (author abstract)
DEC at the intersection: A different type of child care crisis
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