Danny Royer: 'Now when I cross paths with someone who seems inconsiderate or absent minded, I treat them with kindness anyway. It just might be that they are carrying a heavy load at home.'
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I turned to see that a man was holding the door open for me with his back. Both of his hands were full of bags of take-home food. He had been courteous enough to hold open the door, but because my mind was so preoccupied, I neglected to say thanks. My mind was preoccupied because I had been awakened by a commotion at about 4 a.m. that morning. I had recently taken my 52-year-old Down Syndrome brother Timmy into our home. He had become a little disoriented in the night and couldn’t find the bathroom in time. He wandered a bit, then parked himself on our white fabric sofa. I spent the next hour or so trying to clean up the carpet and furniture and then putting him in the bathtub.
When he was born, in 1965, life expectancy for Down Syndrome people was about 13 years. Timmy is now 57 and though it’s difficult to quantify, I describe him as having the mental acuity of a 5-year-old. He has lived with us now for over 5 years and we have adjusted well.
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