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Living with a disability is very expensive – even with government assistance

  • Written by Zachary Morris, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
imagePeople with disabilities may need larger cars or specially modified ones to be able to get themselves around.Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Edward Mitchell is 34 years old and lives in Jackson, Tennessee, with a spinal cord injury caused by a hit-and-run accident that happened when he was 17. He has plenty of expenses that all Americans...

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