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The Geography of Disability - Daily Yonder

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"The Social Security disability system began in 1957 as a way to help people too sick to work. By 2009 more than 9.6 million Americans were counted as disabled. Rates of disability in rural America are 80 percent higher than in the cities."

http://www.dailyyonder.com/geography-disability/2011/11/29/3619

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