Ditching the wig: One girl's journey

Right after she started middle school, Katarina Lucardie wanted to tell her classmates she was bald. She and her teachers created a documentary to tell her peers about what it's like to have alopecia areata.


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She was bald and didn't know how to tell her peers. But after teaming up with her teachers, the Colorado Springs, Colorado, student helped make a documentary about why she has no hair. Now she is the face of bravery for her classmates.

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"I knew that maybe the teachers would cry, but I never expected that the kids would cry," she added.

Her mother was also at the screening and had an interpreter translate the film for her. "I cried. I think everyone in the room cried. I knew we made the right decision. The school was really supportive. They didn't have to do this, you know," Aranda said.

After the documentary, Katarina, accompanied by two of her teachers, answered questions from her peers. She also explained to her class that the following week she would not be wearing her wig anymore.


the rest:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/27/health/irpt-student-alopecia/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29