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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 03 > Bills would aid youths who have disabilities

Bills would aid youths who have disabilities

Proposals aimed at costs for families caring for medically fragile children

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
February 3, 2007

SALEM - Andrea Zifka's brain wasn't right, but her parents didn't want to send her away.

They made it 13 years, though the seizures and the emotional toll, the drained bank accounts and the sore backs from lifting and bathing their daughter at home in Bend - almost entirely on their own.

Judy....

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