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Heather Lanier: 'Good' and 'bad' are incomplete stories we tell ourselves

Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but that doesn't make her tragic, angelic or any of the other stereotypes about kids like her. In this talk about the beautiful, complicated, joyful and hard journey of raising a rare girl, Lanier questions our assumptions about what makes a life "good" or "bad," challenging us to stop fixating on solutions for whatever we deem not normal, and instead to take life as it comes.

English
  • Originally Aired December 21, 2017
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code HeatherLanier_2017S
  • Network YouTube
  • Notes Is a season finale
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Name Type Role
Heather Lanier Guest Star