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Stimulus Checks, Fort Sumner
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Federal stimulus checks are arriving for retired railroad workers, veterans and people on Social Security Disability and SSI. Rogi Riverstone interviewed citizens in Fort ...
Haley Volleyball
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Haley Crocker, 8 years old, lives with developmental and physical disabilities.
Brainstorm: An Experience of Brain Injury (58:00 / 53:00)
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From: Rogi Riverstone
Produced by Rogi Riverstone, "Brainstorm" is a creative exploration of brain injury, through interviews with survivors.
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
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From: Rogi Riverstone
What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? You bring her home and put ...
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When she was eight years old, Amanda was thrown from a truck. The driver was drunk, speeding and driving recklessly. He was Amanda’s soon-to-be ex-stepfather. He hadn’t put Amanda in her seatbelt.
Haley receives formula through the feeding tube, to supplement the small, oral feedings she eats, often ten times each day.
She has an obscure and, to date, not accurately diagnosed genetic disorder, affecting her autonomic nervous system. Her stomach doesn’t know how to eat.
Brenda dropped out of college when Amanda got hurt. She’s a full time single mother.
When Brenda faces an obstacle to the quality of life of her children, she educates herself on the medical, legal and social aspects of the issue and challenges the institutions and authorities, charged with their care.
