Parents want district to give son a right to die

At 17, Rigo Jackson isn’t quite an average teen.

The Gilbert boy laughs a lot, loves all kinds of action – but he also lives with Pallister-Killian Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by physical and intellectual features similar to cerebral palsy.

And he will be missing the action of his senior year at Gilbert High School – not because he’s incapable, but because the district won’t honor his Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order…

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