Disability community left with heads ‘spinning’ from sudden delay of proposed wage cuts

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: July 2, 2026

Words: 668

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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People who provide services for those with developmental disabilities learned Tuesday that wage cuts planned to start the next day were instead postponed for a few months.

While advocates welcomed the delay, some say it’s “just kicking this down the road” and creates confusion and raises concerns for what comes next.

“Our heads are spinning,” Shari Dexter, one of the co-founders of Concerned Citizens of Self-Direction Maryland, said Thursday.

She was one of thousands of …

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