Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012.
Katie Beckett was a quiet hero and an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities. When she was only three years old, her family and her doctors wanted her to live at home despite her extraordinary medical support needs. At that time, Medicaid would not cover the cost of her medical services in the community — only in the hospital. Thanks to her mother Julie’s tireless advocacy, in…
