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The Sentinel
|May 27, 2025
ELLIE SIMMONDS: SHOULD I HAVE CHILDREN?
IN a deeply personal journey, former Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds explores the controversial views around having children with a disability and whether or not she should try to become a parent.
Ellie was given up for adoption by her birth mother when she found out that Ellie had dwarfism. In the documentary, the gold medal-winning athlete speaks to parents who have faced these decisions, and asks, what would she do?
This story is from the May 27, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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