RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As state lawmakers have stalled coming up with a budget, some of the most vulnerable North Carolinians have been caught in limbo.

After the General Assembly couldn't come up with a budget that would include enough funding for Medicaid , ABA, or behavioral therapy for autism was facing a steep 10% cut for Medicaid reimbursement, higher than other programs facing a 3% cut.

After a lawsuit a judge issued an injunction to keep that funding going, but for families caught in the middle it's still a difficult road ahead.

Marissa Scheetz from Franklinton, says her son Charlie has been through a lot by the age of 5.

"We kind of suspected about two years old that he did have autism. He wasn't kind of meeting his milestones and that sort of thing," she says.

Diagnosed

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