Parents of Children with IDD | Source | Parents at The Arc of the United States

Ray Hemachandra said he fears what will become of his son when he is no longer there to help him navigate the complex bureaucratic rules that determine whether he can pay for his basic needs. “Because someone has intellectual developmental disabilities, we should not be positioning them for being at risk their entire lives,” Ray Hemachandra said. “We should be trying to position them for having lives that have the possibility of well being and options for joy.”