The doctors thought she should be put in an institution immediately, because of Intellectual/Developmental Disability, cleft palate, tongue-tie, a crippled hand, and later, Tourette’s Syndrome. Mother, an early activist who helped get special education available in Florida, insisted we would teach her as much as she could learn. Follow her story in my upcoming book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 