Photos: Arizonans with developmental disabilities were promised help. Instead, they face delays and denials
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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βState of Denialβ is a joint project between the Arizona Daily Star and the Local Reporting Network of ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news outlet that helps local media produce accountability journalism.
Emory Webster, Eric Nunn, Jaden Ruiz, Michael Lundergan and Tyler Stumpf are allΒ featured in the story about Arizona'sΒ Division of Developmental Disabilities.Β
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Tyler Stumpf wants to live in the community and work with animals. His mother says the state of Arizona is not doing nearly enough to help.Β
Emory, 11, has cerebral palsy and uses an augmentative communication device to talk to her friends. One day, her mother turned it on and smoke came out. βThey make it so hard for families that they give up.β
Arizonans with developmental disabilities were promised help. Instead, they face delays and denials.
When state services donβt come through, Arizonans with developmental disabilities struggle with a system balanced on the backs of families.
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