Advocates for disabled: Missouri can do better

Staff from The Arc of Missouri placed a pair of shoes to represent each individual waiting for services.
Staff from The Arc of Missouri placed a pair of shoes to represent each individual waiting for services.

Becky Dickey is waiting.

She is only one of 165 people in Cole County and nearly 5,000 in the state waiting for assistance with much-needed, day-to-day services for those with developmental disabilities.

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Renita Batiste and Guy Lowmack

Only a few on that long list are being helped by the state Division of Developmental Disabilities.