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Left: Daniel Wiederhold attends a session for United Partners, a nonprofit that coordinates activities for people with disabilities, in Pflugerville on Feb. 29, 2024. Right: Debbie Wiederhold looks on at her son, Daniel, as nurse Brooke Miles Jackson prepares to help him stretch. Photo by Maria Crain/Texas Tribune

Debbie Wiederhold holds her son Daniel's hand at their home in Hutto on Feb. 29, 2024.

Debbie Wiederhold holds her son Daniel’s hand at their home in Hutto on Feb. 29, 2024. Photo by Maria Crain/The Texas Tribune

States lagging behind

Future outlook

Jolene and her cat look out the window of their home in Hutto on March 2, 2024. Jolene was drinking coffee that she had made that morning.

Jolene Sanders, advocacy director for the Texas Coalition on Disabilities, has been waiting more than a decade for her son to receive disability waiver services. “As kids grow and develop and change, that gap just keeps getting wider,” Sanders said. Photo by Maria Crain/Texas Tribune



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