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'Unexpected parenting': Springville mother shares journey of raising adult son with special needs

By KSL · September 8, 2026 · 1 min read
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Her son Austin is 32 years old and has been living with intractable epilepsy his whole life. "Things started pretty normal, and then at about four months old Austin had his first seizure," she recalled. "Beardall is a registered nurse at Utah Valley Hospital, working at the NICU, so she had quite a bit of training in the medical world.

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