Disability services and labor shortages

Published March 25, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks with Joshua Geering, lead therapist with the Spinal Cord Injury/Disabilities Center, as he demonstrates a motorized wheelchair at the Fort Worth VA Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

This episode originally aired on March 16, 2022.

Advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are sounding the alarm over a severe worker shortage that is disrupting services across the U.S., leading to closed group homes, stretched staffs, and reduced hours of care.

Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher we look at how the labor issue is impacting disability services and how to fix it.

GUESTS:

Barbara Merrill, chief executive officer, ANCOR
Adam Herman, chief operating officer for the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities
Jennifer Riha, vice president of programs at Boundless Health

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