A Member of The Ford Family Goes Public With Her Daughter:s Learning Disability: And Helps Others Wi

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Event Date(s): 08/12/2007 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York | Description: INT MS: Anne Ford (great-great-granddaughter of Henry Ford) reads aloud from letter"My youngest daughter Caroline was diagnosed with nonverbal learning disabilities." In interview she says"The one message I really would like to convey to all parents is that they have to advocate for their child, right from the very beginning." CLIPS Sepia-toned insert clips of patriarch Henry Ford with early car models; early auto assembly line. STILL Anne Ford delivering speech. Covers of books Ford wrote:"Laughing Allegra" and"On Their OWn" STILL Insert still of Anne and her daughter Allegra. INT In interview Allgera says"I'm like, `I don't want this out there. I'm going to be--I'm embarrassed, you know. Can we just think about it for a while?' So I thought about it for a while, and I said, `You know what? Let's do this.'" INT MS: Anne stands at window in high-rise. STILL B&W still of Anne with infant Allegra. INT In vo and interview Anne says"I went through many years of denial." (edit)"The first person I saw was a doctor that told me that she was severely mentally retarded, should be institutionalized, and that he was too busy to help me." STILL B&W still of Allegra as a child. INT In interview Allegra says"In the beginning, I had absolutely no friends." STILLS Allegra as a child. INT MS: Allegra ice skates. EXT DAY MS:NBC's Lisa Daniels walks along sidewalk with Allegra. Daniels says"I bet a lot of people are surprised that you have a learning disability because when you talk to them it doesn't seem like you have one." Allegra says"Right because they can't see it. It's hidden." EXT DAY MS: 12-year-old Caroline Novak and her mother Kasia Novak walk in garden. In inetrview Caroline says"She taught me that I can still do well in school. You just have to work a little bit harder when you have a learning disability." MS: Caroline and her mother talk as they sit in lawn chairs. INT MS: In interview Kasia says"The minute I started reading Anne's book, I remember feeling much more at ease, that I wasn't alone, that it was a road I could travel on. I'd be fine, she'd be fine." INT MS: Anne and Allegra talk. CU: Anne's smiling face. In interview Anne says"I was dealt this hand, and I hope I will continue to do as much as I can to help other parents." MS: Anne and Allegra look at book. STILL B&W still of Anne holding baby Allegra. INT CU: Anne and Allegra. Daniels signs off in vo from New York. a and b copies nat sot hit time 19:52:56

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