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The creator of Star Trek sends some words of encouragement to a fan
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In April of 1975, a teacher at a New York school wrote to Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, and told him about Roger, a teenage pupil with severe learning difficulties who had been making great progress when reading science fiction storie…
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