In Springfield, Mass., special-needs family gets special help

In Springfield, Mass., special-needs family gets special help

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — It takes a strict routine and a lot of help to raise a family of special-needs children. Few know this better than Eric and Dennis Volz-Benoit, who have five.

Typical days involve feeding tubes, breathing treatments, medications and assembly-line showers, not to mention taking kids to school, making dinner and washing clothes.

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All Black Lives Matter

Jonathan Alexandre

"Black Lives Matter."

The slogan, which started as an internet meme following the release of several highly-publicized videos of the killing of unarmed Black men by police officers, soon became an anti-police brutality slogan and later evolved into the rallying cry of a national political movement.

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