08/29/2026
What is the Disability Tax? Research suggests that disabled individuals need to spend approximately 28% more than their non-disabled peers on living expenses. Whether a disabled person works or not does not change the fact that being disabled is very expensive.
Image description: an educational infographic with a pale green background. At the top, large black text reads:
“What is the Disability Tax?”
Below the title, black text reads:
“The ‘disability tax’ is not an official tax imposed
by a government but instead refers to the extra
costs associated with being disabled.”
Farther down, black text reads:
“Examples of the disability tax include:”
At the bottom are three illustrated examples.
Under the wheelchair illustration, the green text box reads:
“Extra money disabled people need to spend on mobility aids and medical supplies.”
Under the house illustration, the pink text box reads:
“The costs associated with adding necessary accessibility to a home or vehicle.”
Under the heart illustration, the green text box reads:
“The emotional, physical, and time-related cost of being disabled in an ableist society.”
Along the right edge of the image, the vertically oriented green text reads:
“”.
