Ellie Simmonds' birth parents were warned she'd be seen as 'evil' because of her disability

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  • 10 months ago
Gold medalist Ellie Simmonds sets out to find her birth mother in a new ITV documentary, where she tries to learn why her birth parents gave her up after just two weeks. 

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