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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)
Living with a disability is very expensive – even with government assistancePeople 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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