[tri-med] Re: Carolyn & Mike

hi. i just wanted to say how great i think it is that you are so supportive of 
your brother! it sounds like he's a cool guy. my daughter and i are from the 
chicagoland area as well. hope we get to hear more about mike and his many 
sports!
kelly - mom to akaiya t18 - 6yrs
http://akaiyajacelyn.blogspot.com


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From: C <cbugsbunny89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 5:27 pm
Subject: [tri-med] Carolyn & Mike



Since some people have asked about Mike I'll be happy to tell. We are from 
Chicago Illinois, Mike is 17 and I am 19. We started some units on Genetic 
disorders in my Bio class so I started looking into Mike's condition which is 
how I found the list. Mike is not verbal. He has worked with speech therapists, 
but is just unable to form any words. Mike communicates through a few different 
ways. His school has supplied him with what we call his "talker" a basic 
electronic device with a touch screen that speaks for him, he also uses some 
sign language, but only a few basic signs, please, hungry, thirsty, that sort 
of 
thing, He has trouble with his hands sometimes, his motor skills aren't that 
great.?My mom and I can tell what he is saying a lot?of the time when he 
uses?his voice?by his tone and inflection because we've been around him the 
most.?He's a very friendly guy who often suprises us with how many people he 
knows. We get people who come up to us
 when we are out to say hi to Mike or sometimes when peole find out my last 
name 
they'll come up to me and ask "are you Mike's sister?" We are very involved in 
Special Olympics, Mike plays a dozen sports a year at least. He is in kinda a 
trade program at school. The kinda of program to gradually train special needs 
kids on how to operate at work and in other places. He gets to go through the 
graduation ceremony this year, but he is still going to go back to school and 
be 
a super senior until he's 21. And he's a typical teenager in some regards, at 
home he's my best friend wants to do stuff with me, but the minute his friends 
are around he pushes me away and is embarrased to be seen with me. And of 
course 
his favorite thing in the world is Pokemon.

      
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