MedCity News January 24, 2024
After experiencing firsthand the shortcomings of existing public and private programs to treat children’s developmental delays, Jen Wirt founded a startup called Coral Care. The company, which announced its official launch on Tuesday, brings pediatric developmental specialty care into families’ homes.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that nearly one in every 10 U.S. children has been diagnosed with autism, an intellectual disability or another developmental delay. Jen Wirt, the mother of two children with developmental delays, thinks that the country’s programs to treat developmental delays and disabilities “are massively failing” to meet the surging demand for care.
She knows the frustration of having to wait more than half a year on a provider waitlist while...
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