Bob Brown, 20/20 Segment

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Journalist Bob Brown’s ABC News 20/20 segment about sixteen-year-old Melissa and her thirteen-year-old autistic brother Brandon first aired in 2004. The segment portrays the advantages and disadvantages of having a special-needs sibling, including the lifelong nature of the relationship commitment. Since “reading” video texts, which pack lots of information in quite quickly, requires a heightened sense of focus, you may want to watch the video twice, once to record your initial response and a second time to take more careful notes on it.

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