A special Colonie Central High School graduate June 2014 - Colonie, NY | Times Union Brittany Manning, 21, and her mother Denise Famiano share a moment Friday, June 27, 2014, at the group home where Manning lives in Colonie, N.Y. Manning is developmentally disabled and suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic disease whose chief symptom is uncontrollable hunger that is impossible to satisfy and can lead to life-threatening obesity and other complications. She graduated from Colonie Central School on Friday. ( Photo by John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union). Click Here to read full story on the Times Union website.