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• Why SKIP

When Julia Mikol was born on
October 28, 1978 with severe combined immuno-deficiency (SCID), the technology to support her life existed; the system to grant her a childhood did not. For 2½ years, she lived in a hospital ICU supported by a respirator while her parents, Margaret and Yves Mikol, worked to find a way to bring her home. In 1981, Julia became the first child on life support in the state of New York, and only the second in the entire U.S., to go home from the hospital. Four children in situations similar to Julia’s watched her leave.  In 1983, Margaret and Yves launched SKIP of New York, so that no sick and/or developmentally disabled child in the State would have to be left behind again. After Julia died at 7 ½ years old, SKIP became her legacy--along with the 10,000 children SKIP has helped to date.