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People with Disabilities and How They Are Effected By Poverty in Young Adulthood Name Institution Affiliation People with Disabilities and How They Are Effected By Poverty in Young Adulthood Introduction The disabled African Americans young adults suffer from poverty and racial discrimination which hinders their positive development. Similarly, they face the challenge of inadequate fiscal and human capacity, and cultural barriers (Liu, Austin & Orey, 2009). Also, family factor such as income and education of parents prevents the wholesome development of young adults. Therefore, when they reach the majority age, they lack adequate skills to compete with the physical fit youths. Disability is a complicated issue for the minority groups as it creates a negative effect that hampers the allocation of resources, job placements and sustainable economic development (Liu, Austin & Orey, 2009). As such, most of the young adults do not get the fair chance to improve the quality of their lives. A problem experienced by disabled youths in low-income families is that most of their parents seclude them to hide from the shame of associating with such children (Mpofu & Harley, 2006). Therefore, as these children become adults, they lack the skills to get the few jobs available. Significance of Poverty on African American Young Adults Disabled African Americans in their young adulthood face a lot of problems as a result of poverty. Therefore, they are unable to further their education and get relevant skills to help them in the job market (Margolin, 2006). Thus, they continue to suffer from stigmatization which also isolates them from the people without a
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