Ray Hemachandra is a consultant and disability advocate who works with many nonprofits and government organizations, including the Vaya Health Consumer & Family Advisory Committee (CFAC).
Opinion
NC’s Innovations Waiver is lifesaving for 14k disabled, but 17k others languish on waitlist
My son, Nicholas, is 23, intellectually disabled, and autistic. He has a good life. But most North Carolinians with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities lack the services and support he receives. In North Carolina, about 14,000 people — including my son — receive the Innovations Waiver. This Medicaid waiver is our state’s primary home- and...