Pastor Cecil Sanders First Baptist Church, Headland Ashlyn Blocker’s parents and teachers all describe her the same way: fearless. She is fearless because she has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, or CIPA — a rare genetic disorder that makes her unable to feel pain. In the school cafeteria, teachers put ice in Ashlyn’s chili, because even though her lunch…
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