Boston 25: Families struggling to care for adult children, siblings with disabilities push for more state help

The wait list to get into a program that helps adults with disabilities is in the thousands across the state.

“It was hard to be at home,” Avery Bergian said. Avery is 25-years-old and knows what it’s like to age out of the school system and suddenly be without all of the support she needs.

It’s a crisis many families face when their loved ones with disabilities turn 22-years-old.

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