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Shortage of care professionals poses crisis for families of those with disabilities

Cindy Vayonis is searching for an activity to do with her daughter. It’s winter, so they can’t go apple picking. Kennywood, Sandcastle and swimming at a community pool are obviously out as well, she said.

 

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TV Shows Featuring Fewer Characters With Disabilities

After hitting a record high last year, the number of characters with disabilities on prime-time television shows declined this season.

 

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Programs for People With Disabilities Still Not Seeing Federal Funds

“No one wants to work for $12 an hour,” Dan Southern said. “People can work at Burger King and make more money.”

Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is able to stay out of an institution because health aides paid through a Medicaid program assist him and his roommate with ordinary tasks.


 

 

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