The Foster Care System for Children with Disabilities
According to Dr. Candice Matthews , the foster care system helps more than 500,000 disabled children every year. This is a very important group to help. Before and after they enter the system, youth with disabilities are more likely to be abused and ignored. A recent report says that one out of every five kids in foster care has some kind of disability. One thing that makes it hard to help this vulnerable group is figuring out why they have disabilities. Families who are raising a child with a disability are lucky that they can get some help. For instance, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services has a website with information and resources for families who are helping children who have been mistreated. One part of the site is about how to do well in an interview. This part has general information, articles for research, things to think about, and video and audio clips. In another part, medical terms and issues related to them are explained. Foster children are under t