• Photo by Chris Courtney / MPW.57
  • PHOTO BY Chris Courtney / MPW.57
  • A family's difficult reality
  • 14-year-old Matthew Vereyken, and his four siblings and mother, all on prescription medications, struggle to live a "normal" life.
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  • In a crowded lunchroom, Matthew sits alone at the largest table. No one will sit with him. His mother says, "He has no friends."