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immediately realized jean's illness didn't look like classic c.p. she walked more easily in the mornings, and her disability was getting worse with age. >> my job when i saw her was to think about any other possibility. >> i thought she was crazy. i couldn't imagine living life any other way. i have spastic deplesia cerebral palsy. i've been treated my whole life for that. >> reporter: the doctor gave jeans a new diagnosis. a rare brain disorder called drd. the symptoms look a lot like cerebral palsy, but it's a different genetic disorder. not as well known when jean of a child. >> this is kind of a one in a million disease. >> reporter: with one big difference from cerebral palsy -- drd can be treated with a simple pill. for jean that one pill meant that after more than 30 years, she could walk without help. now jean could play really play