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Life with a Superhero: Raising Michael Who Has Down Syndrome

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Over twenty years ago, in a small Israeli town, a desperate mother told a remarkable lie. She told her friends and family that her newborn child had died. That lie became the catalyst for the unfolding truth of the adoption of that same baby—Michael —who is, in fact, very much alive and now twenty-two years old. He also has Down syndrome. When Kathryn Hulings adopted Michael as an infant, she could not have known that he would save her life when she became gravely ill and was left forever physically compromised. Her story delights in how Michael’s life and hers, while both marked by difference and challenge, are forever intertwined in celebration and laughter. With candor and a sense of humor, Life With a Superhero wraps itself around the raucous joy of Michael’s existence with his four older siblings who play hard and love big; how Kathryn and her husband, Jim, utilize unconventional techniques in raising kids; the romance between Michael and his fiancée, Casey; the power of dance in Michael's life as an equalizing and enthralling force; the staggering potential and creativity of those who are differently-abled; and the mind-blowing politics of how Kathryn navigated school systems and societal …
Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: Hulings, Kathryn U.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the authorities in Fort Collins, Colorado stating the chartered plane that was heading for San Antonio but crashed in Fredricksburg, was going to San Antonio for a heroin pickup but claimed the pilot was unaware. All passengers were killed.
Date: January 15, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[First Union Pacific passenger train leaves Ft. Collins]

This photograph depicts one of the most eventful days in the history of Fort Collins, Colorado. The date is July 15, 1911 and the time is 7:20 am as the Union Pacific's first passenger train departs from the city. Observe the beautiful old-time steam locomotive, an American, type 4-4-0 locomotive, heading a consist of handcrafted wooden cars, having underbody truss rods and open platforms.
Date: July 15, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History