Quinn’s Great Expectations

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  Posted By: Mama C @ 05/03/2009 8:40:25 AM

  I wept when I read this article. Quinn described my experience with my daughter, who is now 20 years old. We experienced almost everything Quinn described, and I am absolutely the mother Quinn describes. I am so grateful for Quinn's efforts to share his life and help us all understand how families can best be supportive of children with this syndrome.

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  Posted By: rchlfrks @ 03/24/2009 5:13:48 PM

  I am so glad this article was printed. My daughter ( now almost 21) was diagnosed with VCFS when she was 13. We had been trying to figure out what was going on with her since she was 6 months old. My hope is that more people that are in her age group will be able to "network" as well as their families.

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  Posted By: SrAN @ 03/24/2009 8:54:34 AM

  cmori21213, this article was far from vulgar. In fact, I think it showed the true "humaness" behind learning disabilities. So what if he actually censored himself when using a few bad words, do you really blame him? You can't tell me that there has never been a time for you when you felt so frustrated that only a "bad" word could sufficiently express how you feel. F#@k, I have felt like that a few times in my lifetime. I don't blame the writer at all for writing how he feels and the things that he has had to overcome in a simple text. Sometimes suar coating the truth just doesn't work, sometimes we need the dirty, vulgar and bad words to understand where someone is coming from.