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 “If I had known that I was bringing a child into this world who would suffer so badly, I would not have had children. It sounds horrible to say, but when you’re so connected to your children, their suffering becomes your suffering.”

- Laura, mother of Zac diagnosed with schizophrenia who passed away at age 23

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