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Podcast: The Lucky Few
Episode: 25. Owning Your Influence and Broadening The Spaces - Tesney Davis on Dual Diagnosis
Description: Tesney Davis always knew she wanted to adopt a child with different abilities, but she never checked the box for Autism. When she discovered her adopted son with Down Syndrome had an additional diagnosis, her world changed, yet so did her mindset. Now, Tesney is a mother of two children, Kirill (12), who has a dual diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Autism, and Clayton (12), her biological son, who has inherited his mom's sarcasm gene and sweet tooth.
Kirill was adopted from Russia at the age of five, thanks to what Tesney calls, “the first miracle she’s ever witne...