The doctors told the little girl's parents to put her away in an institution. They told Dianne's parents that their daughter was too much for them to handle. She was born with her legs bent like a frog's, and paralyzed from head to toe. The doctors never imagined that the little girl would grow up to earn a Master's degree and become a therapist herself, as well as a wife, mother, teacher, a performer, and a recording artist.
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