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Success
Stories
Lights! Camera!
Language!
The video camera is running and Jermayne Teran's face is all lit up
as he dives toward the puppet in his mother's hand. This is the Video
Interaction Project in action, and it goal is to find ways that Jermayne
and dozens of other infants and toddlers can achieve good language skills
and be ready to succeed when they enter school.
Breathing Away
Pain and Fear
Dina Lemus came to Bellevue Hospital Center from Argentina
because she was very ill. The 9-year-old has idiopathic thrombocytopenia,
a condition that among other things causes the child to feel
very tired and week. To Dina, the worst thing about her illness
was not how bad she felt - it was all the blood tests that
monitored the progress of her treatment.
In
Their Own Words
Jelly's Story
Hey, my name is Angelica. When I first
found out I had HIV, I was very sad. I thought I was very different
from everybody else. But I realized that I wasn't and I feel better
about myself.
Tito's Story
Hi, my name is Tito. And I have HIV. I
hate having HIV. Sometimes you don't feel like a regular person. You
feel like a squished bug. They feel mushy.
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