Dakota Vincent, 23, is all too aware of what often happened to those like him who were born prematurely or with disabilities and wound up in a neonatal intensive care unit. “After I was born, I spent almost a year in the NICU in a hospital in Kansas City, Kan.,” said Vincent, who has cerebral palsy. “My mom and dad said when I left there — and this is the sad part — that there were some parents who just left their kids there.” But Vincent wasn’t left behind.