Shaking a baby shatters lives

"Shaking a baby shatters lives." That’s the message that Cathy Sanders has been trying to get across over the past seven years. She’s raised money through donations to her non-profit organization, Shaken Baby  Prevention, to pay for billboards and more recently to pay for large images that cover the back of public buses in Northern Virginia and in the Washington DC area. The images are shocking, which is just what Cathy wants.

Cathy Sanders is the mother of Ryan Sanders—a beautiful, beautiful boy who, at the age of 8 weeks, was shaken by his daycare provider. Ryan was shaken so violently that he was left permanently disabled. Ryan is now 14. He cannot talk, dress himself or brush his teeth alone. He has the cognitive abilities of a toddler.

Cathy Sanders gave me permission to post some pictures of Ryan in an article on my website. There are links to a Washington Post article published yesterday and also to Cathy's website in my article. Cathy has some incredible resources and also a photo album of her beautiful, beautiful boy on her website. http://www.sbsprevention.com/ 

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