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Kansas wrestles with ways to shorten waitlist for disability care - Butler County Times-Gazette

By Blaise MesaThe Beacon The intellectual/developmentally disabled waiver program still has a long waitlist. That waitlist is shrinking, and Kansas lawmakers want to keep that momentum going. Holly Oleson helps people who are intellectually disabled live as independently as possible. She’s a lead direct support professional at Honey Bee Community Services in the Kansas City area, acting as the “brakes and gas” for the people she serves. “The pe…