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Brandy Ellis checks the battery levels of a pacemaker-like device that was installed in her chest as part of an experimental treatment for depression, on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Delray Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Rocky Nichols, left, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, and Matthew Hull, right, a Kansas resident who has cerebral palsy, speak at the center in Topeka, Kans., June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Matthew Hull, a Kansas resident who has cerebral palsy, is interviewed by The Associated Press at the Disability Rights Center in Topeka, Kans., June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Attorney Chris McGreal, right, poses for a photo with Jessica Haugh, center right, and her sons Ryder Ponder, 14, center left, and Rustin 'Rusty' Haugh, 4, after a doctor's appointment for Rusty in Dallas, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Four-year-old Rustin 'Rusty' Haugh who suffers from Combined Oxidative Phosphorylation Deficiency 11, or COXPD11, walks in a hospital lobby after a doctor's appointment in Dallas, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)