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Hampton Bays Girl Perseveres Despite Rare Disorder

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Julia Scourakis

Julia Scourakis

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of Hampton Bays plays in her room after school on Friday

of Hampton Bays plays in her room after school on Friday

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

Julia Scourakis

Julia Scourakis

5

5

of Hampton Bays plays in her room after school on Friday

of Hampton Bays plays in her room after school on Friday

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

Jill Scourakis holds her daughter Julia outside their Hampton Bays home on Friday

Jill Scourakis holds her daughter Julia outside their Hampton Bays home on Friday

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

March 7. KYLE CAMPBELL

Jill Scourakis fixes her daugher Julia's hair after the 5-year-old got out of school on Wednesday

Jill Scourakis fixes her daugher Julia's hair after the 5-year-old got out of school on Wednesday

March 19. KYLE CAMPBELL

March 19. KYLE CAMPBELL

Julia Scourakis

Julia Scourakis

5

5

scoots around during the Hampton Bays Elementary School gym with her classmates during her physical education class on Friday

scoots around during the Hampton Bays Elementary School gym with her classmates during her physical education class on Friday

March 21. KYLE CAMPBELL

March 21. KYLE CAMPBELL

authorKyle Campbell on Mar 25, 2014
While the other students in June Eaton’s kindergarten class walk from the gym back to their classroom in two single-file lines, Julia Scourakis kicks herself through the halls of the... more

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