line-height: 0; color: #222222; } Brenneman: No, sorry! width: 100%; -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); .uabb-transparent-fill-diagonal-btn:after, top: 50%; When she was 2 years old, she was not speaking and when she was 5 she barely knew her letters. .uabb-post-grid-5 .uabb-blog-post-content, .uabb-blog-posts ul.slick-dots li { display: block; .fl-builder-content .uabb-button:hover { margin: 0; clear: both; transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); white-space: nowrap; height: auto; width: auto; top: 0; I watched other friends' kids learn with ease while my dear girl seemed to have trouble with everything. box-sizing: content-box; font-family: inherit; .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-blog-post-content .uabb-read-more-text span, .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 ul.uabb-masonary-filters > li:hover { .uabb-blogs-pagination li a.page-numbers:hover, .uabb-blog-posts ul.slick-dots { right: 0; .uabb-blog-posts .uabb-post__terms-wrap .uabb-post__terms i { color: inherit; } left: 50%; pointer-events: none; (laughs) That would have been awesome! Itll be the same sort of philosophy of project-based, accessible curriculums. } .uabb-blog-posts .slick-prev:hover, /* transparent-fill-diagonal */ } } Its all about the stories. max-width: 100%; Brenneman: If there are any concerns that the child might need special accommodations, state law dictates that the school has to provide speech and occupational therapy. .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 .uabb-responsive-medsmall .uabb-side-left { .uabb-top-row-separator { top: 50%; } -moz-border-radius: 0; font-size: 0; /* Panel & Buttons .uabb-blog-posts .slick-prev { .uabb-blogs-pagination ul a.page-numbers, Often there is an invisibility about which kids even have special needs. height: 100%; .uabb-top-row-separator.uabb-big-triangle svg { line-height: 18px; } Custom Content. left: 50%; On March 9, I will be producing and hosting CHIMEapalooza 2013: A Multi-media Celebration of the CHIME Mission. vertical-align: middle; 00:38 GMT 02 Mar 2016 } display: inline-block; left: 0; .uabb-top-row-separator.uabb-tilt-left-separator svg { } text-align: center; -webkit-transform: translate(0, -50%); Have you experienced anything like this? } .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-medium.uabb-row, I just loved it. width: 20%; -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleY(-1); vertical-align: middle; margin: 0 auto; .theme-twentytwentyone .uabb-blog-posts-carousel ul.slick-dots li button{ .uabb-blog-posts .slick-slide img, -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1); .uabb-thumbnail-position-background.uabb-blog-post-inner-wrap { } } .uabb-blog-posts .slick-slide.dragging img { I cant even tell you how many times were like: Wheres the person whos supposed to be running this show? top: -100%; margin-right: auto; /* Compatibility CSS - end */.fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-blog-posts .uabb-post-thumbnail img { } /* Animate Top */ } /*.fl-builder-content a.uabb-button, .uabb-blogs-pagination ul a.page-numbers:active, } bottom: 0; -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); 'If this law were allowed to stand, it would leave only 10 clinics remaining in a state with 5.4 million women of reproductive age, many of whom will find themselves in the same position that I was in at age 21,' she wrote. @media ( max-width: 992px ) { margin: 0; Part of HuffPost Impact. .uabb-top-row-separator.uabb-wave-separator svg{ .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-has-svg svg { .uabb-blog-posts .slick-list { transform-style: preserve-3d; text-align: left; .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-mobile.uabb-row { background: #1e8cbe; transform: translateX(-50%) scaleY(-1); And we did. min-height: 1px; .uabb-blog-posts .slick-next.slick-disabled:before { border-radius: 100%; } padding-bottom:0px; } .uabb-post-thumbnail.uabb-crop-thumbnail img { -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); It was a bewildering and anguished time. } -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); .content-ad{ } width: 50%; bottom: 0; -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); .uabb-blog-posts ul.slick-dots li button { .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 .uabb-responsive-medsmall .uabb-side-left { } left: -100%; color: #fff; font-size: 1.3em; .uabb-icon-wrap { } height: auto !important; text-align: center; padding-right:0px; } .uabb-blog-posts-col-8 { .uabb-module-content h2, Brenneman: I am and recently I got really involved with Prop 30 [which increased some taxes that were allocated to education], too, because I thought, man, CHIME is going to go down the tubes. } .uabb-adv-accordion-content .mejs-overlay-play { padding-top: 1.5em; .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-blog-posts-shadow { ___________________________________________________________________________*/ .uabb-blogs-pagination { left: 50%; opacity: 1; height: 20px; -moz-transform: rotateX(90deg); We did all the right things -- speech therapy, occupational therapy, play therapy -- and some of it helped. .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-post-grid-sizer { } /* Animate Icon From the Top */ outline: none; But there was this one kid that I didnt really identify with any particular disability and he was walking around, eating snacks. font-size: 11px; } Her progressive parents raised her to believe it is a woman's right to choose, and when Amy found herself pregnant just a year into her 20s, she knew 'immediatelyand without question' that she wanted an abortion as she looked to finish college and start her career. .uabb-creative-flat-btn.uabb-animate_to_left-btn:hover .uabb-button-text { .uabb-adv-accordion-content .wp-video, } margin-left: 8px; Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. We know that a the better world we can imagine is about seeing a piece of ourselves in everyone. Brenneman: I knowits like Irish step dance. .uabb-top-row-separator.uabb-curve-up-separator svg { } .uabb-module-content h4, .uabb-post-grid-4 img, } ------------------------------------------------------ */ /** margin: 0; word-wrap: break-word; -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); display: block; .uabb-active-btn { Its really sickhow about putting some money in to it? -moz-transform: rotateX(-15deg); display: block; padding-left: 10px; text-align: center; People walk around and there are these mini-classrooms especially for younger kids, and outside the classrooms will be a little trampoline. } /* Responsive Js Breakpoint Css */ width: 100%; } -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleY(-1); display: none !important; .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-tilt-right-separator { cursor: pointer; You get behavioral, you get this, you get that. My friend went on: I deprive my kids of naps and food before their IEP. (laughs). background-position: center; -webkit-transform: translateY(0); margin: 0 -0px; Brenneman: (laughs) Im a terrible person. transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); justify-content: flex-end; .fl-builder-content a.uabb-creative-button:visited*/ display: block; -o-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); color: #000; left: 50%; If you get there and your kid doesnt have an IEP, and you just know its a great school, you wouldnt even know how cool the school really is. } margin: 0; .uabb-blog-posts-col-5 { -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); But in a typical school, she'd be singled out for being "different," and that label would brand her permanently. Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com .uabb-creative-button-wrap .uabb-creative-threed-btn.uabb-threed_up-btn, max-width: 100%; -webkit-transform-origin: 0% 0%; Its not politically correct, Those poor kids. Its really, This is why this community feels so great.. transform: rotateY(120deg); .uabb-blog-posts .slick-arrow:active, display: block; border-radius: 2px; } Brenneman: (laughs) The school looks a little better now. .uabb-creative-flat-btn.uabb-animate_from_bottom-btn i:before { width: 100%; } .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-desktop-medium.uabb-row, But that only begins to tell the story. border-top: 0 solid #e5e5e5; .uabb-posted-on span { .uabb-blog-posts .slick-vertical .slick-slide { .uabb-post-grid-3 img, 'I had an abortion,' she explained in her essay. .uabb-blog-posts-carousel .uabb-blog-post-inner-wrap.uabb-thumbnail-position-right { Maybe hes got a diffcult time sitting down. But logistically, Peru is a very easy trip. position: absolute; .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 .uabb-responsive-medsmall .uabb-divider-content h3 { .uabb-blog-reordered .uabb-blog-post-content .uabb-blog-post-section:last-child { display: none; } top: -40%; .uabb-blog-posts .slick-track:after { There are these goals that my daughter has we sign off on it and its a government document. max-width: 100%; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; } @media all and ( min-width: 992px ) { position: relative; -moz-transform: translateX(200%); } .uabb-photo-content { border-radius: 0; 'I have never, not for one moment, regretted my abortion.'. } They are working with their department of education to better intergrate children with disabilitiesand I mentioned CHIME. .fl-node-5da7954c9a192.fl-row-fixed-width, .fl-node-5da7954c9a192 .fl-row-fixed-width { } .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-mobile.uabb-row { My daughter has special needs. -o-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) rotate( 45deg ); .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-has-svg .uasvg-wave-separator { width: auto; .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 h3.uabb-divider-text { -o-transform: translateX(200%); Miraculously, they have developed practices such that students can access curriculum in the way that best works for them, all the while staying in the classroom for services like speech or occupational therapy. My favorite thing is when people offer their stories. .uabb-blog-posts-grid #infscr-loading { font-weight: 400; Theres a big push to start a high school. background: unset; -webkit-transition: all 200ms linear; impact special needs children special needs education Go To Homepage Before You Go Suggest a correction Cooper: And what are your major interests? But I think what CARE really wants to do is train local people. text-align: center; Amy Brenneman is best known for her TV roles on Private Practice, NYPD Blue and Judging Amy, which was based on her real life mother, who was a state superior court judge in Connecticut. .uabb-photo-align-left { border-radius: inherit; 4th Apr, 2016. background: inherit inherit/inherit inherit inherit inherit; -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); transition: all 200ms linear; position: relative; .uabb-read-more-text a, Cooper: I often hear from parents about the struggle they have with different schools to update and evaluate. top: 0; -ms-transform: rotateX(-15deg); True special needs schools felt like segregated ghettos, where there was no peer modeling for someone like Charlotte to emulate. /* Animate Icon From the Bottom */ left: 0; But there were very few options. } Nancy once told her that the fight for marriage equality started to flourish while the the reproductive justice movement seemed to be moving in reverse because people in the former group were sharing their stories. .uabb-creative-button-wrap a .uabb-creative-button-icon, margin-left: 8px; color: black; width: 100%; /* 3D Button styles --- Animate to bottom */ margin-right: 0; Charlotte Tucker Silberling and Amy Brenneman. display: block !important; .uabb-blog-posts .slick-prev i:focus, ------------------------------------------------------ */ But I grew up in the public school system and then you have a kid with an IEP, and actually by law the public schools should service kids with IEPs. -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg); .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 > .fl-module-content { -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); } * Big Triangle Left Separator transition: all 200ms linear; .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-tilt-left-separator svg { z-index: 1; .fl-builder-content .uabb-imgicon-wrap .uabb-image-crop-circle img { -moz-transition: all 200ms linear; line-height: inherit; } Brenneman: Oh, yeah. -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); -webkit-transform: rotateY(120deg); .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-blog-posts-col-6, margin-top: 0 !important; padding-top:0px; padding-top: 56.25%; vertical-align: middle; } /* Creative Button -moz-border-radius: 100%; 'Afterward, I breathed huge sigh of relief and thought to myself, I get my life back!' border-radius: 0; } transform: rotateX(-15deg); -o-transition: all 200ms linear; list-style: none; position: absolute; line-height: 0; overflow: visible; } .uabb-creative-button.uabb-creative-transparent-btn { .uabb-tab-acc-content .mejs-overlay.load, Charlotte and Bodhi can go to the same school where the inclusive philosophy underscores everything. 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[dir='rtl'] .uabb-blog-posts .slick-slide { .uabb-blog-posts .slick-prev, .uabb-tab-acc-content video.wp-video-shortcode, border: none; -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleY(-1); Brenneman: Thats right; it was a terrible idea! .uabb-post-thumbnail > a:active { ***************************************/ text-align: center; -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(-1); .uabb-module-content h3, top: 0; -moz-transform-origin: 100% 0%; position: relative; z-index: 1; -o-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleY(-1); transform: rotateX(-90deg); The special needs may be academic, physical, or behavioral. .uabb-blog-reordered .uabb-blog-post-content .uabb-blog-post-section { } She is also known for her recurring role as Faye Moskowitz on Frasier and has starred in various films, including Heat (1995), Fear (1996), Daylight (1996), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), Nine Lives (2005), and The Jane Austen Book Club (2007). .uabb-creative-button-wrap a:hover { text-decoration: none; .uabb-creative-button.uabb-creative-transparent-btn:after { top: 0; .uabb-tab-acc-content video.wp-video-shortcode, display: block !important; background: #fafafa; left: 0; margin: 0; height: 40%; Her siblings are Matthew Brenneman and Andrew Brenneman. text-align: right; .uabb-thumbnail-position-left .uabb-post-thumbnail, bottom: -40px; } width: 100%; left: 0; padding: 0 !important; visibility: hidden; left: 50%; .fl-module-content a:focus { * ***************************************/ .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .fl-node-content .slick-list, .uabb-blog-posts .uabb-post__terms-wrap .uabb-post__terms { 1.3M followers. transform: translateX(-200%); } user-select: none; .fl-builder-content a.uabb-button:visited, top: 0; line-height: inherit; transition:visibility 200ms linear; /* For Small Device */ -moz-transition: none; left: 0; } .uabb-blog-posts #infscr-loading img { width: 20px; .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 .uabb-separator-line { * Big Triangle Right Separator } She favors its unique approach to education by blending together typical kids, like Bodhi, and kids with disabilities, like daughter, Charlotte, who has cognitive challenges. -moz-backface-visibility: hidden; Brenneman: A small one. top: 50%; } Amy Brenneman is Living Happily with her Husband Brad Silberling and Children She was born on 22 June 1964 in New London, Connecticut. left: 0; Charlotte's father is Brad Silberling and her mother is Amy Brennemen. border-radius: inherit; } height: 100%; } transform-origin: 0% 0%; z-index: 1; * Arrow Inward -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(120,200,230,.6); position: absolute .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 select.uabb-masonary-filters { .uabb-button-has-icon .uabb-button-text { line-height: 0; .uabb-transparent-fill-top-btn:after { 'I am simply one of millions of women who have exercised this constitutionally protected right, and according to recent data, I am part of the 95 per cent of women who do not regret their choice. * Curve Right Separator .uabb-photo-content img { transform: translate(0, -50%); .uabb-post-grid-2 img, .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-big-triangle svg { /* transparent-fill-top */ -moz-transform-origin: 0% 0%; } z-index: 10; display: inline-block; /* Photo */ Wake up to the day's most important news. @media (max-width: 768px) { So I said to the principal, I feel really bad!. opacity: .25; , updated background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.03); } -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); clear: right; margin: 0; .uabb-creative-button-wrap .uabb-creative-button-left { left: 50%; Martirosyan: What does a parent have to do to get their child an IEP? .uabb-icon i { -webkit-box-align: end; } .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 h3.uabb-divider-text{ .uabb-top-row-separator.uabb-pine-tree-bend-separator svg, } .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-post-grid-sizer { And in the process, we are 'Chimed.' width: 10%; z-index: -1; text-align: right; .uabb-blog-posts-col-6 { .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 .uabb-blog-posts-col-3, When you do international developmental work, you realize that first you need clean water and sanitation and then, if a person has a special concern on top of that, you try to deal with it. /* Making Icon position center */ -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); .uabb-creative-threed-btn.uabb-animate_left-btn:after { .uabb-post-date { Cooper: Then you probably know that it deals with different issues relating to accessibility and technology. } top: 0; top: 100%; transform: translateX(-50%) scale(-1); .fl-node-5da7954c99ed1 .uabb-separator-parent { left: 0; Learn from these national leaders in academic instruction the how-to's of supporting all kinds of learners. The kids ask, Are we going to do a play? I say, No, were not going to do a play! } top: 50%; With nonverbal kids its always awesome to figure out how they can communicate. One kid I know very well, so I know when hes engaged. CHIME reminds us that all around us are people with triumphs and struggles, which mirror your own. } opacity: .25; width:100%; } She has a brother named Bodhi. } 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. margin: 0; text-shadow: none; float: left; display: block !important; And then CHIMEapalooza was such a success and Ben and I did publicity around it. } text-shadow: none; .uabb-creative-flat-btn.uabb-animate_from_top-btn i { Brenneman: Yeah. Cooper: The Mercy Ships are looking to do that, too. Prince Harry is dubbed 'a stupid boy' as growing number of ex-top brass criticise him for revealing his Taliban Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger is accused of messaging female victim on Instagram weeks before killings - Six people die, including three children, when their throats are sliced by KITE STRINGS at Indian festival. .uabb-creative-button-wrap a, .safari .uabb-blog-posts-col-3 { .uabb-posted-on .uabb-date-month, text-align: center; right: 0; His mom came up to me; she spoke a Peruvian language and she said to this doctor, Can you help me? } /* transparent-fill-left */ Charlotte could tolerate a typical classroom -- she did not have huge behavioral issues -- but I knew that when it came time to dive into real academics we'd need support. People drive in from 40 zip codes. } width: 100%; margin-right:20px; position: absolute; But you know, really what we hope to do and I think professional development will help, is it to make it look better. .uabb-post-wrapper .uabb-post-heading { width: 20%; padding: 0; transform: translateY(0); } bottom: 0; -ms-transition: all 200ms linear; color: ; background: #1e73be; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 h3.uabb-post-heading, position: absolute; .uabb-row-separator.uabb-round-split:after, .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-desktop-medium.uabb-row, * Waves Separator margin: 0; .uabb-adv-accordion-content .mejs-container:not(.mejs-audio), } LOS ANGELES - AUG 23: Amy Brenneman, Charlotte Tucker Silberling at the 3rd Annual Women Making History Brunch at Skirball Center on August 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA Hollywood, CA, USA. The stuff that I love is creating characters and all the different elements of a performance. .uabb-post-grid-7 .uabb-blog-post-content, The school where she began first grade made it clear they couldn't support her, dismissing her humanity in a way that still makes my mother's heart boil with rage. Brenneman: As an example, this girl said there were some girls on the playground who wouldnt play with her. } -moz-transform-origin: 0% 0%; } /* Buttons .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-desktop.uabb-row, background: #EFEFEF;color: #222222;margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; Okay, she needs to jump. There are accommodations. .fl-builder-bar .fl-builder-add-content-button { .uabb-creative-button-wrap a:visited .uabb-creative-button-icon { } .uabb-blog-posts .slick-next i:focus { } -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(-1); Many disabled millennials struggle to build credit, a Unicorn and John Legend might have the answer! I think I was one of the only parents to be in on the planning; it was mostly educators asking, If you had to boil down inclusion into three two-hour seminars, what would it look like? It was a super-cool process. content:"default"; opacity: 0; .uabb-row-separator svg { Brenneman: (laughs) Cambridge, MA. } } } Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. First of all, its a jewel. text-align: center; margin: 0 0 5px; Brenneman: Yeah, theres a waiting list. margin-right: 0; .uabb-blogs-pagination li a.page-numbers, Find family history information in a whole new way. * Muliple Triangles .uabb-tab-acc-content .mejs-container:not(.mejs-audio) .mejs-mediaelement, } } } .uabb-blogs-pagination li span.page-numbers, And then the second time she was evaluated, she was delightful. Follow. -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%); overflow: hidden; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } text-transform: none; Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. } } -webkit-touch-callout: none; .uabb-icon-text { So I had this vision for a night that was funky and wild and eclectic. .fl-builder-content-editing .fl-visible-medium-mobile.uabb-row { CHIME had a wonderful woman whos still a good friend of mine who ran this theater program in Connecticut, the town I grew up in. .perspective { CHIME is the national leader in creating fully-inclusive educational models. padding-right: 10px; And whenever I pitch the script, its sort of like we have to pretend theres no CHIME. text-align: center; } /** position: relative; Thats the only way its going to have any legs to stand on. Because of The CHIME Institute in Los Angeles, Calif., she has become active in the disability community, speaking at conferences for CAL-TASH and the Council of Exceptional Children. He grabs a lot of footage from things people have said in the past and then uses it to comment on current events to show how hypocritical they are. } /* transparent-fill-diagonal, transparent-fill-horizontal */ transform: rotateY(6deg); padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; My husband and I felt worn out from her tantrums -- then pulled from deeper internal resources for patience and guidance from wherever we could find. } She said that she had been in a relationship with her 'loving and supportive boyfriend' for almost two years, and although they used birth control, it malfunctioned. bottom: 0; position:absolute; .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-svg-circle svg, text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 h3.uabb-post-heading a:visited { Our community is funky and wild and eclectic. -webkit-transform: rotateY(6deg); .uabb-creative-threed-btn.uabb-animate_bottom-btn:after { /* Equal height Column Bottom Alignment */ } /* Anchor Tag Css */ -o-transition: all 200ms linear; .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-curve-down-separator svg { Brenneman: It was for the CHIME Institute, not just for the elementary school. .uabb-bottom-row-separator.uabb-tilt-right-separator svg { max-width: 400px; outline: none; .uabb-blog-posts .slick-arrow:hover, .uabb-thumbnail-position-left .uabb-blog-post-content, .uabb-blog-posts-col-1, bottom: 0; .fl-node-5da7954c9a192 > .fl-row-content-wrap { .fl-node-5da7954c99e92 h3.uabb-post-heading a, /** As the wife and mom of two, daughter, Charlotte, and son, Bodhi, Brenneman is heavily involved in her childrens school, CHIME. padding: 0; line-height: 1.45em; .uabb-blogs-pagination ul a.page-numbers:focus { Theres this parallel to this in the piece that I put together for CHIMEapalooza 2013. font-size: 0; right: 0; } } width: 100%; font-size: 6px; padding-top: 1.5em; padding: 0; .uabb-blog-posts .uabb-post-wrapper { margin-right: 8px; visibility: visible; bottom: auto } * Svg Half Circle Separator In recent years, the actress has hosted, along with actor Benjamin Bratt, the fundraiser CHIMEapalooza, and has traveled as an ambassador for CARE, the humanitarian organization devoted to fighting poverty. .uabb-creative-button-wrap a, Another result of CHIME's mission is that our own family is now desegregated. -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) scale(-1); border-radius: 0; Wife confronts 'cheating husband' on camera as he tries to 'hook up with her BEST FRIEND'. * Pine Tree Bend } .uabb-creative-flat-btn.uabb-animate_to_left-btn .uabb-button-text, z-index: 99; .uabb-blog-posts .slick-next:focus:before { Then they have to go back home and the ship doesnt return for another year, if it comes back at all. overflow: hidden; display: table; My friend, Rodrigo Garcia and I had an idea about a year ago about a mother of a pretty seriously disabled kid. } color: transparent; -o-transform: translateY(400px); Because its about authenticity, acceptance and communicationall this stuff thats interesting. .fl-builder-content a.uabb-creative-button, So CHIME had been on my mind. 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