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Thursday, May 3, 2012

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Nine ways you can help a special-needs parent

Michael Kutcher, Ashton's twin brother, fights for cerebral palsy research

The litigious mess of special education

Family misses flight after TSA gives pat-down to girl with cerebral palsy

Superstar Colin Farrell tells of 'blessed' life with special-needs child

Facebook asks mom of 7-year-old with Down syndrome to remove pics

5 celeb parents who have kids with disabilities

Rainbox Connection trailer


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2 comments:

Candice says:
May 3, 2012 at 10:52 PM Reply

Loved Collin Farell's quote...and totally unexpected!

BLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilities says:
May 7, 2012 at 3:49 PM Reply

Hi Candice -- I wrote to his agent to see if he'd do a BLOOM interview but haven't heard back yet. I'm sure he's a 'little' busy! :)

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