TITLE: Caroline - Importance of Intervention

CAROLINE:
Hello, my name is Caroline Daley
and I'm a parent of a 9 year old Lauren Daley
who is deaf-blind from prematurity.
I gave birth to Lauren and her twin sister Elizabeth
at 23 weeks and all
of her subsequent medical issues have been due
to the premature birth.
The way that we got involved with Intervenors was just
out of the absolutely basic need as a parent to take care
of our child and nurture our child
and at a very young age we had that primal bond
where I knew something was more inside of her and I also knew
that Paul and I didn't have any idea how to get it out of her
and we were very lucky to have the opportunity at a camp
with other parents to see an intervener in action
with another little boy.
And we saw the smiles on his face and we just knew.
We literally grabbed each others hand and said,
this is it this is what we need we need an intervener
with Lauren.