Cooke v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 Carolyn Cooke, the mother of ten-year-old Michael Cooke, challenges the Appeals Board’s conclusion that the Arizona Department of Economic Security (“ADES”), Division of Developmental Disabilities (“DDD”) properly determined that her son was not eligible for disability benefits and services. For the following reasons, we reverse the determination.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Michael has Apert’s Syndrome, a genetic defect that causes premature fusing of skull bones and often hinders normal brain development. He received developmental disability services until…