A Television Special sponsored through a grant from the National Cancer Institute.
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BY LISA RAMIREZ-JOHNSON
Communications and Health Outreach
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
August 2008
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Like many six-year-olds, Ashton Taylor loved watching the Disney Channel, enjoyed drawing and showed a passion for ballet and tap dance. Her energetic disposition; however, masked a medical menace: the blood disorder sickle cell disease.
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