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Cynthia Dermody
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Cynthia Dermody
Cynthia Dermody has been a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and websites for 20 years. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
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Cynthia Dermody
Who will take care of my special needs child when I’m gone?
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Cynthia Dermody