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2. Texas state supported living centers - Wikipedia

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   Specialized treatment units serve individuals with severe behavioral and/or emotional problems and more than 800 professionals and paraprofessionals are employed. Corpus Christi State School opened in April 1970 as an independent school district for children with developmental disabilities. The original campus was 201 acres (0.8 km 2) in size.

3. Texas parents who care for their disabled children full time ...

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   Texas Medicaid caregivers’ wages were already near the poverty level. But parents whose sole income came from taking care of their disabled children have now lost their ability to work overtime ...

4. Group home - Wikipedia

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   Group homes were revolutionary in that they offered individuals life opportunities to learn to cook and prepare meals (e.g., individuals with severe and even profound disabilities), budget their personal allowance, select photos for their room or album, meet neighbors and "carry out civic duties", go grocery shopping, eat in restaurants, make ...

5. Family caregivers - Wikipedia

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   The value of the voluntary, "unpaid" caregiving service provided by caregivers was estimated at $310 billion in 2006 — almost twice as much as was actually spent on home care and nursing services combined. [2] By 2009, about 61.6 million caregivers were providing "unpaid" care at a value that had increased to an estimated $450 billion. [4]

6. Abuse, neglect and death: How Texas fails thousands of ... - AOL

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   Texas' Medicaid waiver system for individuals with disabilities is plagued by underfunding, staffing shortages and a lack of oversight. Abuse, neglect and death: How Texas fails thousands of ...

7. Alzheimer's Association West Texas presents Caregiver ... - AOL

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8. Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States

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   The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes occupational and physical therapy as well as other therapies, as part of the special education that should be offered in all public schools to CSHCN. This act states that all children with disabilities should have access to education that suits their SHCN, including needed therapies.

9. Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services - Wikipedia

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   Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) was a state agency that supported the state's elderly and disabled population. The agency maintained its headquarters in the John H. Winters Human Services Center at 701 West 51st Street in Austin .