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Society's Child: Directed by Pierre Gang. With Jessica Steen, Kyley Statham, Sarah Gadon, Hugh Thompson. Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person.
Last night Canada's CBC television network aired Society's Child. Although names were changed, the film, originally released in 2002, takes pains to let the audience know that it is based on a true story of Katie Lynn Baker who had Rett syndrome and was starved to death by her mother in 1996.
Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Jan 1, 2002 · Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person.
Overview. Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person. Pierre Gang.
Society's Child. 2001. 1 hr 35 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. A bond deepens between a single mother (Jessica Steen) and her 10-year-old daughter, who's suffering from a...
Society's Child is a 2002 television drama film directed by Pierre Gang. Terry Best learns that her 10-year-old daughter, Nikki has been diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Rett Syndrome which has rendered her unable to walk and talk.
