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Standing on Their Own - Meeting special needs
2007
Overview
[Joan Amburn]'s son, Sean Starr, is 20 and has fetal alcohol syndrome because she drank throughout her pregnancy. Though she has been sober for 14 years now, she confronts her past every time she looks at her son. Now she's Starr's fiercest advocate, attending workshops and job fairs like the Adult Agency Fair on Wednesday. There, she quizzed social services representatives about maximizing her son's benefits, and she wasn't shy about her opinions. After all, like most mothers, she wants the best for her son. Starr is part of the first generation of special education students who have been mainstreamed into society. He's enrolled in a Vancouver program called Gateway to Adult Transition Education, or GATE. The program targets 18- to 21-year-olds with special needs who need that extra boost getting ready for the real world.
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Tribune Content Agency LLC
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