WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Wendy English’s cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to speak, but she seldom has trouble making herself understood.
When language fails her, the wide-eyed, freckled 51-year-old woman flips on an audio device, points to pictures and phrases in a laminated book, or relies on the staff at the Woodbridge Developmental Center who know how to interpret her.
For more than six months, English’s message has been: I’m depressed. I’m frustrated. I want to hurt myself.
The state plans to shutter Woodbridge, her home for 18 years, to free up money to move people with disabilities into smaller community housing — a move praised by many disability advocates,
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