From the [Maryland] Gazette:

Hundreds of people rallied this week in Rockville, Maryland, in support of funding for services for people with developmental disabilities.

Budget cuts in the state have removed about $29 million in services for people with disabilities since last fall. The state’s Developmental Disabilities Administration now has about 19,000 people on lists waiting for services they are entitled to receive.

State officials defended the cuts as financially necessary. One advocate charged that the state focused so much attention on closing its 156-bed Rosewood Center institution that it failed to focus on providing adequate supports for people with disabilities in the community.

Further budget cuts are expected.

(Photo of Cecilia Ann Pauley of Rockville from the [Maryland] Gazette)

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