WATCH ABOVE: Renee Bergeron launched The Superhero Project with hopes to give special needs children an opportunity to express their inner superhero. Allison Vuchnich has the story.
TORONTO – At 18-months-old Renee Bergeron‘s son, Apollo, was diagnosed with a rare heart defect. He had heart surgery, a feeding tube put in, followed by another surgery. He really hated the feeding tube.
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Apollo transformed in front of her eyes. So amazed by her son’s response, Renee, a professional photographer, launched The Superhero Project with hopes to give other special needs children an opportunity to express their inner superhero.
“I hope that what it does for them is give them a sense of themselves, and how strong they are and the courage they have,” Renee said.
Renee herself is a superhero of sorts, a busy mother of 14 children, five of whom were adopted, and four with special needs.
She reached out to strangers in her Washington state community offering to photograph their special needs children free of charge, hoping to raise awareness and reduce stigma for those with disabilities and their families.
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“You get the kids out there and they just absolutely shine,” said Renee.
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