“What will happen to her later in life?” In LIFE magazine, December 1996, the Oakland-based photographer, Leon Borensztein, posed this question about his daughter, Sharon. It was important to Leon that Sharon experience a loving, full childhood. For many years, he alone provided the extensive daily care that went along with her having a visual impairment, seizure disorder, and autism. All the while, they spent time exploring and enjoying their Bay Area community.

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