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Missouri’s disability services rise to be among nation’s best

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019disabledvoter1974Comments Off

By LEXI CHURCHILL, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH JEFFERSON CITY • The Show-Me state’s intellectual and developmental disabilities services have improved from one of the worst in the country to No. 4 overall — all within barely more than a decade. These findings are compiled in the latest Case for Inclusion report, generated by the ANCOR Foundation […]

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‘No easy way out’

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018disabledvoter1974Comments Off

By Chris Serres, Minneapolis Star Tribune Every so often, Korrie Johnson closes her eyes and tries to forget that she is a healthy 25-year-old living in a nursing home surrounded by older people with dementia and other debilitating conditions. Time and again, reality intrudes. In the past year, more than a dozen of her new […]