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LAURA AND JORDAN O’REILLY

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LAURA AND JORDAN O’REILLY

Tireless disability advocates

BY JEFFREY KLUGER

aura O’Reilly of Sydney was none too pleased in 2008 when she found out her little brother Shane was literally being warehoused. Shane, then 18, suffered from quadriplegic cerebral palsy and

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