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Down Syndrome Player Fulfills Dream

 (The Spokesman-Review)

Patrick Thibodeau, the team manager for the Greely High School boys basketball team fulfills a longtime dream as his name is announced as part of the starting lineup in the team’s final home game of the season in Cumberland, Maine. Thibodeau, who has Down Syndrome, nailed a 3-pointer at the final buzzer against Gray-New Gloucester High School. His father, in wheelchair at far right, who suffered a stroke two weeks ago was released from the hospital, applauds. (AP Photo/Kevin Morris)

Question: Do you have regular contact with special needs children and adults? Can you tell us about it?

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