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Haylee, now 21 was born with Cerebral Palsy, for her this is only a physical condition and has not affected her  mental abilities. She was cared for by her grandfather but when he was too old to give her the care she required due to her physical disability the state of Alabama only had funding to put her in a nursing home, she was 21 years old and living in a nursing home with senior citizens. Recently, she was invited to live with a couple Judson and Donna Emens, who new her when she was a child, as Donna was her social worker in her head start program. The Emens hear that Haylee was living in a nursing home and decided that wouldn't due; they are currently in the process of adopting Haylee and Haylee calls them Mom and Dad. Haylee's law is a law that would require the state of Alabama to provide services for people over the age of 21 with physical disabilities not just for people with mental disabilities. Although Haylee's story has a happy fresh start there are so many Haylee's who do not get the same chance, Haylee plans on going to college in the near future but with out the Emens help, the way the law currently stands she would be sitting in a nursing home playing bingo instead of pursuing her dreams. See Video from NBC's Nightly News, and Huffington Post article at this link http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/haylee-cain-21-year-old-w_n_677203.html