Born to be different: Turning 9

[MuffinToptheMule]

Starts in a few minutes.

"She's certainly our little star. I just hope that people will now see that even someone as disabled as Shelbie can still have a great quality of life and can bring so much to those who know her. You've only got to see how many times she has fought the odds to know she wants to be here!"

Hear hear - my son attends an SLD/PMLD school and it was lovely to see a child with very profound disabilities being portrayed so positively.

People always say that about siblings!

i missed this tonight. it was so heart warmig last week.

I love this programme - I love the fact it allows the parents and children to have their say, there's no "expert" commenting, just the families themselves, and you can so see the pride the families have in their little ones. I wish all of them all the best.

Will there be a 'turning 10' programme? I so want to catch up and see how 'our' guys are doing, have watched this from the beginning and so want to see a follow up!

27/09/2011 Shelbie is on life support as of last week. she suffered pneumonia and further complications. she needs your prayers please.

Oh no I will be thinking of her.

Praying for Shelbie

oh no :(

poor shelbie xx hope she pulls through x

please keep us updated, anyone. I have posted news on SN board too, as many of the posters there dont leave safety of SN board

Brittonic
I hope Shelbie's ok

Brittonc how is shelbie doing at the moment hope she's well

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Thinking of Vicki & family good luck for the new series

Just seen this of Facebook

Shelbie was sent 19 years ago to teach.
Her subject-LOVE
Her skills - To break through IGNORANCE
Her goal- To get everyone else to ACCEPT and to LOVE.
She succeeded with flying colours and once she had fulfilled her role she was ready to go home.
Then she got a call, offering her a promotion - she deserved it so she took it.
So on the evening of 13th April shelbie got promoted to Heaven leaving earth to be with her Father.
Shelbie was the kind of girl that whoever was blessed to meet her would never forget her. We are so so proud to be her parents and feel so blessed to have been chosen for the job, we were given so many amazing and funny memories - all we safely locked in our hearts.
We will always thank God for the life He gave us with her and we know He will carry us in the coming months as we get used to our precious soul not smiling at us everyday, not causing the mischief she did- but there will never be regrets, only gratefulness for what God gave us for so long.

Love Vicki xx

Thank you for posting the update IkickedtheBigC.

Such sad news about Shelbie, but she certainly fought a hard battle well and touched so many hearts through her appearance on Born to be Different.

Thinking of her lovely parents and siblings who adored her.