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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 19B0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. J DEVOTED TO HELPING Sylvia Adler. 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., coaxes Susan MeKendry, 5, to try a few halting steps, supported by parallel bars. Sylvia is a senior in physical therapy at the New York University College of Medicine. Both she and little Susan were born with the serious defect of an open spine. This has led Sylvia to devote her life to helping handicapped children. (UPI Telephoto) Therapist Born With Major Defect Assists Handicapped New York (UPD P r e 1 1 y blonde Sylvia Adler, 21, who walks just a little stiff-legged, will be graduated as a physi cal therapist this fall from the New York University College of Medicine. She's a rare example of a youngster born with a major body defect who has over come it sufficiently, not only to lead a normal lie, but to be able to put her intimate knowledge of pain and dis couragement and the value of determination to work (or other handicapped chil dren. Born With Open Spin Miss Adler was born with an open spine, an embryolo gical failure which leaves the spinal nerves exposed, fre quently irretrievably dam aged. Disability may range from a comparatively minor paralysis of the feet to com plete paralysis of the lower body. The anomaly is one of the major birth defects Into which the National Founda ton is presently financing re search to find causes and cures. Others are hydroceph alus, which is water on the brain, and enccphalocele, or open skull. Miss Adler's education has in part been financed by foundation scholarship, but she won that with no quarter for her physical disability. Training Not Unusual . It is not unusual for handi capped persons to seek train ing to help others more se verely handicapped, medical authorities said. But no one can be edmitted to physical therapy training who cannot fulfill all the training require ments. 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