The Welsh proposals come as part of a review commissioned by social justice and regeneration minister Edwina Hart into the Disabled Facilities Grant, which helps families with disabled children pay for adaptations to their homes.
The review recommends an abolition of means testing for the grant, with the additional costs - estimated to be around 2m over two to three years - borne by the Welsh Assembly. The idea will be examined this week by the Welsh Assembly's social justice and regeneration committee.
A submission to the review by a coalition of charities, including Barnardo's, Mencap and The Children's Society, said the means testing process was putting too many families in "impossible" financial positions.
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