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Falling through the cracks: Military families say their special-needs children are especially vulnerable
Apr 13, 2017
By Dianna Cahn, Stars and Stripes Marisa Norman, center, flanked by her mother, Michelle Norman, and father, Navy Capt. Cassidy Norman, at home in Virginia Beach, Va., on Feb. 25, 2017. Marisa’s parents fought the Virginia Beach school district to get their disabled daughter into a private sc…
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