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Article: LOCAL CARE IS THE THING BIG CENTERS TO CARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ARE WINDING DOWN.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2005
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Byline: Tom Sheehan Lee Newspapers
Aaron Underwood's eyelids flicker and open one at a time at the sound of his mother's voice.
"Aaron, how ya doin' buddy?" Becky Underwood whispers as she gently rubs her son's right shoulder.
It's unclear if Aaron knows who's beside his bed in the Murphy Hall Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled in Madison.
He gazes into a mirror set up about a foot from his nose. But even his mother can't tell if he sees anything.
"I'd like to get inside his head and see what's going on," said Underwood, who drives 70 miles to Madison from Hartford each week to visit her son at the ...