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In Anne Arundel, more than 1,100 with disabilities wait for help that's not coming

Published 04/06/08

From the outside, the house on Earleigh Heights Road looks like all the other family homes along the tree-lined street.

Andy Carruthers - The Capital
Bill Matchuk, left, and Stanley Thomas goof around inside their home on Earleigh Heights Road. Both men are developmentally disabled and live with the assistance of a family living director in one of Bello Machre's community homes.
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On the inside, it's a typical bachelor pad, with TVs in every bedroom and plenty of Baltimore sports memorabilia decorating the walls. Three men have lived in the one-story house between Pasadena and Severna Park for about a decade.

One is Eric Ondrovik, 35. His cerebral palsy brought him to Bello Machre - the Glen Burnie nonprofit group that runs the home - some 20 years ago. Another is Bill Matchuk, a developmentally disabled man in his 30s who relies on a wheelchair and struggles to speak at times, but whose...

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