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North Hall mother starts basketball camps for special-needs kids
Children to learn the basics of the sport over several weeks
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ERIN O. SMITH | The Times Julie, Donna and Ryan Aldridge pose for a photo at their North Hall County home Wednesday. Donna Aldridge is starting a summer basketball camp for rising fourth-graders to rising 7th-graders, who have mild disabilities such as autism, ADD or ADHD.
Since Thanksgiving, 11-year-old Ryan Aldridge has been begging his mother to play basketball. That may seem like an easy request to grant for any mother with a tween in North Hall County. But for Ryan’s mother, Donna, the request had a couple of obstacles.