CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Parents of developmentally disabled children are suing the state of Ohio so they can continue caring for their children who cannot live on their own. Many parents want to provide home care for their developmentally disabled children as opposed to putting them in institutions or hiring home care workers. Up until this year, parents could become qualified and then get paid by the state as caregivers. But the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DoDD) passed a rule in January that forces these parents to attempt to hire outside care workers for their children. That rule affects Maeve Sodano’s family and 40,000 other children like her in Ohio who need serious care.