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Catriona Moore

@catrionamoore

From Twitter: Freelance writer on health and social care stuff. Blogger on Rett syndrome. Mother of complicated child. Used to be a Liberal Democrat but now cured.

Therese Garton, who has Down's syndrome and is a Special Olympian, lights the Olympic cauldron in Victoria Square, Adelaide, Australia. With her is her mother, Bev.
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Would I want my daughter 'cured'? Of course I would

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