My family

Watching the video about Keith Jones made me think about my cousin Timmy. He has had cerebral palsy ever since he was born. He is now almost 50 so he has faced a lot of discrimination during his lifetime especially growing up when lots of people were still ignorant about disabilities. He was adopted and my aunt and uncle didn't know he had cerebral palsy when they adopted him, the adoption agency even told my aunt and uncle that they could return him. How demeaning is that? That you could return someone like a toy someone didn't want at Christmas. My aunt and uncle refused to give him back and raised him. They fought hard for him to be able to be included in schools. They fought the board and the government and he ended up being the first kid with disabilities in his school district to be included. This story has been a huge factor in determining my career path and I wouldn't trade him as my cousin for the world.