By Emily Vespa This story has been updated with a response from the state Department of Health and Human Services. For more than four months, 32-year-old Jackson Hedgepeth has lived in a small room at Atrium Health Union hospital in Monroe, waiting for help. Jackson has autism, and he’s nonverbal. He’s been on the waitlist […]
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Emily Vespa is a recent graduate of N.C. State. She joined NC Health News in 2024 as a summer legislative reporting intern and is now a freelance reporter.
