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Ashley’s foster parents adopted her and never gave up on her. They treated Ashley as if she was a healthy baby and had high hopes for her.she took her medications faithfully even though they tasted really awful.

Ashley was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and mild fetal alcohol syndrome. These were just words to her parents, who still pushed me to be my best. she learned to talk, crawl and walk at a much later age than healthy babies, and once she was mobile and verbal there was nothing that was going to hold me back.