Ms. Schow recalls she would ask her husband to help her stick to her diet.

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She has insisted she will abide by the Law Lords' decision and is not tempted to ask her husband to ignore the consequences and help her die.

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It was weeks before her death that Amy did summon up the courage to ask her family for help and begin the process of removing Morrison from her life.

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She trained me in advance to cover for her, made sure I knew who to ask for help and didn't penalize me for any mistakes I made while she was away.

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She took her toddler sons to a nearby house to ask for help.

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Sankar was one of three women in her computer science class in college in India and had few close friends to ask for help.

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This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from is from Kim, who wants to help her four-year-old play games and communicate in the home.

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