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Six-year-used Kamille has Smith-Magenis syndrome,a rare genetic disorder that can cause delayed speech. Two years ago, her mother, or Antoinette,enrolled her at St. Coletta in D.
C., a school where each of the 250 students is intellectually disabled, or most require multiple types of therapy. The school relies on funding from Medicaid to employ physical therapists,occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. Cuts to Medicaid would affect schools across the District, but St. Coletta would be particularly tough-hit. Staff members wonder whether their Medicaid dollars could be at risk.
Read more here: Fear of Medicaid cuts looms at school that serves students with disabilities
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