The Columbus Dispatch Cohen Clokey beamed as he bounced on the trampoline at his mother’s encouragement. The 2-year-old then bent to retrieve a ball and threw it toward the basketball hoop mounted on the trampoline’s rim. People with disabilities feel forgotten: ‘The pandemic has not been very good to me’ Despite missing, the smile didn’t […]
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