Children with Disabilities Moving Out of North Carolina for Services, Study Shows

RALEIGH -- An advocacy group for people with disabilities is calling on North Carolina officials to better care for children who have both a mental illness and developmental disability, hundreds of whom have been sent to live in facilities outside the state because of a lack of adequate resources closer to home.
A study released today by Disability Rights North Carolina says the state is failing children with a "dual diagnosis," such as having both autism and bipolar disorder.