A 2008 study by Dr. Susan Parish at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill reports that families raising disabled children are likely to suffer food, housing and health care challenges even with incomes significantly above the poverty line. Forty percent of families with incomes two to three times the federal poverty level experienced at least one food hardship, including worrying that food would run out or skipping meals because of a lack of money. The study was published in the August edition of the journal Exceptional Children.

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