Texas Medicaid cuts leave special needs kids without therapy

Stacey English has modest desires for her 7-year-old daughter Addison: Be able to eat without gagging and move both her arms.

But since Addison’s occupational therapist went out of business this winter, the child with a rare genetic disorder has regressed in her fight to do even that much.

“I don’t know where to go from here,” said English, who has been unable to find a replacement therapist in their Texas college town of College Station. “How do you continue to help her make progress when you don’t have someone to teach her?”

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/texas-medicaid-cuts-leave-special-kids-therapy-48327513

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