Parents of special needs individuals from all across the state continue to search for answers as they still are not allowed to visit their children who live in group homes. One local organization that is helping families says some parents haven't seen their children since March.

"It's just sad, this shouldn't be happening where all of our rights have been stripped, it's unacceptable," said Debbie Cordone, founder and president of Fantastic Friends of WNY.

Being a parent of a 14-year-old son who has autism, Debbie says she felt compelled to help other parents in the same situation through Fantastic Friends of WNY. It's an organization she founded three years ago that offers a wide range of services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. She says, at first, the social distancing rule was in the best interest of the kids.

"As time went on, we're like what phase are we in, when can we see our children, we're just being ignored," Cordone said.

Debbie, along with other parents say they're weary about future development of their children.

"The fear is that they're now falling into a new routine, and we are not apart of that routine," Cordone added.

Debbie also says, interfering with the routine, schedule, and interactions of a person with developmental disabilities can be detrimental to their overall health.

"Aggression, increase in self injury behaviors, and some parents are seeing depression."

Debbie says she's reached out to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and has yet to get a clear answer. In a news conference on Monday, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul says the state is working on visitation protocols.

"Group homes where they have had to leave their child who doesn't quite understand why they haven't seen their parents, we know how sad and how painful this is so our office for people with disabilities work with the department of health to develop protocols to establish guidelines for visiting," Hochul said.