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4 Episodes 2012 - 0
Episode 1
Sat, Mar 3, 2012 120 mins
Beginning a series of "20/20" reports (some new, some that have previously aired) on unusual medical conditions and people with unusual abilities. John Quinones reports.
Episode 2
Sat, Mar 10, 2012 120 mins
Topics include growing up with parents who are hoarders; women who keep many cats; and alopecia, a condition that produces sudden and unpredictable hair loss. Also: a Barbara Walters report on progeria, a rare disease that causes children to age rapidly. Walters focuses on two girls who were also profiled in "6 Going on 60," a December 2009 TLC documentary.
Episode 3
Sat, Mar 17, 2012 120 mins
Profiles of a former Washington Redskins cheerleader who suffered from a mysterious neurological disorder, and British "brainman" Daniel Tammet, who learned Icelandic in seven days; a report on Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder with an unusual side effect (people with it often have sunny dispositions). Also: Tourette's syndrome in children is explored in video diaries made at a summer camp in Upstate New York for kids who have the disorder.
Episode 4
Sat, Mar 31, 2012 120 mins
Psychotic illness in children is explored in video diaries of three families, who are seen coping with the emotional, financial and physical difficulties their daughters' illnesses have caused. Also: a report on obsessive-compulsive disorder in children. David Muir and Jay Schadler report.