This past weekend, I was required to attend a play put on by a local church for my Intro to OT class. the play is part of a series of events calle Satruday Social Club that take placae every month, and are attended by a group called AADD (Association for Aging with developmental Disablilities). its memebers are adults ranging in age who would normally not be able to do these things on their own. the activites are anything from watching wrestling to plays, to going to the city museum. on my trip, I had the pleasure of meeting a group of about 20 people, all with different stages and levels of different disgnoses. a couple were in wheelchairs, others assisted by the director, and the rest were able to walk in on their own. there was one in particular that stood out to me. his name was david. he had on a blue shirt, tan pants, and tennis shoes. he seemed slightly younger than the others, though his thinning hair would make it look otherwise. he was the first one to say hi to me. when we went to get cookies and drinks during intermission, he told me that his snack was good, but he really wanted to get back to his seat. talking to david afterwards about the play, i began to wonder if maybe his disability had to do more with the two sides of his brain than other parts of his body. after all, he could physically function just fine. it was his answers to my questions that didnt quite make sense. when i asked him what he thought of the play, he responded back with the same question aimed at me, or when i asked him if he had fun, he said the play was very good. it could have been the way i was wording things that were confusing to him, but i think that the two sides of his brain just werent quite interacting how they should. like maybe information went in one ear, through tone side of the brain, and then got jummbled up going in to the next side. like maybe he had an answer to the question, but his brain was permitting him from getting it out the right way. regardless, david was more than happy to listen to and try to answer my questions, and didnt seem to notice anything wrong with his responses. his carefree attitude moved me, and i know that it will get him far.

heres a link to find out more info about this amazing group of people:
http://www.agingwithdd.org/