This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Emory Webster can talk again â and sheâs got a lot to say. Last month, the Arizona Daily Star and ProPublica reported that Emory, who is 11 and has cerebral palsy, had been waiting more than 18 months for a communication device from the stateâs Division of Developmental Disabilities, or DDD. The wait was over the day after the story appeared. âMonday morning I had a text from our service coordinator at DDD that miraculously the talker had arrived and it was in their office,â said her mom, Adiba Nelson.Â