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Tom and Jenny Whitty have cashed out their children’s college funds, maxed out several credit cards and taken out a second mortgage on their house _ all to pay for therapy for their two autistic children.
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Shayan Forough, right, gets a kiss on the forehead from his mother, Arzu Forough, during a brief break in a session of Applied Behavior Analysis therapy at their home Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Kirkland, Wash. Shayan’s parents pay more than $1,000 a week...
