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A Second Family: How Easterseals Northern California Helped River Find His Voice

A Second Family: How Easterseals Northern California Helped River Find His Voice

by Michele Murray | Feb 4, 2026 | News

When Aimee Michaelsen’s son River was diagnosed with autism at age seven, her world felt like it was closing in. “I was completely overwhelmed and scared,” Aimee recalls. “I didn’t know where to turn or how I was going to do this. I just felt lost.” River had always...

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