12-12-2015, 12:00 PM
(12-12-2015, 11:48 AM)Hexenadler Wrote:(12-12-2015, 11:17 AM)speakeasy Wrote: I had a retarded (that's what he was called) brother that I had many fights over when I was a kid, so I know what it feels like to hurt for one who is rejected.)
Was he mentally handicapped, or was he called a retard by other people because of some kind of behavioral quirk? You're a little unclear there.
Billy was mentally handicapped, but back then his condition was called mentally retarded or retarded. He also was schizophrenic at times, but he was the sweetest boy and my mom drove him to one of the first special schools for children like him, every day for years to pay for his tuition. My dad did everything with him. He was very loved by our whole family. The problems came from the outside when some children did what children do, because they don't understand - my brother had a very warm and secure and accepted childhood nevertheless.
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." Bertrand Russell - printed on a beer mat in "Shaun of The Dead".