Why Should Delaware Care? Sarah Neyers is searching for help for her son, 9-year-old Gavin, who needs speech, motor, and cognitive therapies. But she was recently rejected from a Medicaid fund that pays for those therapies for kids with severe disabilities. The rejection highlights how some kids with autism, and who are cognitively high-functioning, struggle to find help they need.
Nine-year-old Gavin Neyers struggles to write using just one hand. He cannot open anything with a twist cap. He cannot open a bag of chips.
His mother, Sarah Neyers, says those difficulties prevent Gavin from participating in classroom activities, leaving him feeling isolated…