UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Which paper do you want?</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: The Golds may look like a typical family. But look closer.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look at me. Look at this.</s>GUPTA: Six-year-old Eden can't walk, talk, or do most anything a girl her age should be doing. She has a progressive neurological disorder called Mucolipidosis Type IV, or ML4. It's a rare genetic disorder more common among Ashkenazi Jews, people of Eastern and Central European Jewish descent. Eden's development stopped at 18 months. Doctors say she'll be blind by age 12 and will probably not live beyond early adulthood.</s>CAROLINA GOLD, MOTHER: Every dream that we had for our daughter was just ended with one phone call.</s>GUPTA: The Golds thought they were thoroughly screened for genetic diseases before they got married. Their first child was born healthy.</s>CAROLINA GOLD: My doctor tested me for a total of eight diseases, and Randy's doctor tested him for a total of two diseases. Neither one of our doctors tested us for ML4.</s>GUPTA: The couple didn't want other families to suffer the same fate. They started an online education and screening program for genetic diseases common among Ashkenazi Jews. At-home screening kits are mailed out and a genetic counselor delivers their results over the phone.</s>RANDY GOLD, FATHER: J-Screen's mission is to make sure parents know that they should be screened for genetic diseases before they get pregnant. We can provide them information on how to have healthy children of their own.</s>GUPTA: Just like the Golds, who added another daughter to their family.</s>RANDY GOLD: Eden is here for a purpose. She saves lives every day. Oh, my goodness.</s>GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.
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