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silive.com: Sam lives in a Staten Island group home. In a pandemic, no visits allowed. Here’s how her parents cope.

Samantha at Rossi Group Home

silive.com has published and article about two Staten Island parents who are missing visits with their daughter, Samantha, who has lived in AHRC New York City’s Rossi group home in Port Richmond for 13 years.

“We wanted to share how we are managing isolation from our daughter, Samantha, during this pandemic crisis. It has been 38 days of not being able to visit and be next to our Sam. The lack of physical contact from our routine of ‘nuzzling’ (our noses); to hugs and kisses; or just simply touch each other… has been unbearable.”

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