Stepping Out - The Debolts Grow Up

The DeBolt family whose own and adopted children eventually numbered 21-with blind and paraplegic children from many countries-celebrate a Christmas reunion. The eight DeBolt teenagers still living at home prepare for adulthood and independence despite their physical disabilities and are seen cooking, cleaning, and doing homework. J. R., blind and paralyzed, makes tremendous physical and emotional progress as he starts public junior high school.
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Presents a view of the DeBolt family, with its twenty children, some of which are severely handicapped, who are now living at colleges and earning their own living. Tells how they have benefitted greatly from a loving family life. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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