My son’s life experiences expanded outside of home and school only within the last 6 years of his life; he is 22.  I have seen an amazing young man emerge!

Six years ago I was told I needed to place Khary in a developmental center due to his challenging a strong personality.  There would be the supports he needed to address his need or personality, and he would be “safe”.  Instead I chose to create a personal plan specific for him and all about him, and hired people to assist him in discovering the world outside of school, home, and me.

Today Khary is leading an active and engaged life in the community, sometimes challenging, but we face each obstacle or change head on as we all must do in life, figure it out or move on to something else.

My son’s life and so many other people throughout New Jersey deserve the opportunity to live life like everyone else, by rebalancing the current system and supporting this plan that calls for strong investments in community supports and by placing value on the people who assist our family members each and every day and help develop the characters of our sons and daughters, we expand the opportunity of thousands of people to live everyday lives such as you and I side by side.

I applaud Assemblymen Greenwald for hearing the voices of so many people waiting and  for truly understanding the significance of it all!  It’s huge, It‘s about freedom, it is about living for all of us!