From the Asheville [NC] Citizen-Times, UPI, Science Daily:

A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that families of children with disabilities are having trouble making ends meet — even families with incomes that place them within the middle class. Families reported having difficulties paying for basics like food, housing and health care.

“The bottom line is that U.S. families raising children with disabilities are reporting severe hardships at rates that are chilling, including families that are solidly middle-class,” said lead investigator Susan L. Parish. “We were shocked to find such high rates of hardship among upper-income families.”

The study, which is published in the journal Exceptional Children, is based on 2002 data from the National Survey of American Families that analyzed 28,141 households.

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