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- ↑ Memi Support
- ↑ CNN.com posting - Activist Inspired by Down syndrome Son
- ↑ Yahoo! Kids Editor Blog Post
- ↑ "Join In! w/ PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center". Bystander Revolution. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ The Bullying Stops Here
- ↑ Ellen Degeneres
- ↑ PR Newswire
- ↑ Great Schools Web site
- ↑ CHADD of Utah
- ↑ All Business
- ↑ "Morgan Hill Times Article". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-02-15.