A guest post from Jay Dunlap, President of the Madonna School
I remember that, as a kid, I had to figure out why one of my older brothers was different. Being the sixth of twelve kids, I had a lot to figure out about the personalities in the household, but Pat was unique. He was quiet; he went to different schools for something they called “special education”; he had unique habits like swinging his arms and making a kind of groan – the sound of releasing nervous energy, as I look back on it.
I wanted to figure out how to relate to my mysterious brother. As a dumb little kid, I did what I could to get a rise out of him: