Counting his blessings

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Counting his blessings

Date11/11/1984

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McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Counting his blessings: Ricardo Dermer, 23, suffers dysautonomia, or Riley Day Syndrome, which afflicts about half a dozen Ashkenazi Jews in Metro and only about 500 in the world. I'm doing a lot better than most people with my disease, he says. He is flanked by his mother, Bertha, and father Angel.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025459F

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