I am extremely pleased to have been invited to introduce myself and my book, Our Special Child: Jason’s Story. I thank you Chris for this opportunity.

It was eight years ago on December 22, 2006 when my son Jason passed away. Jason was twenty-eight at the time. His body was slowly deteriorating for several years. His death was not a shock to me, and I felt it in my heart his time in our world was ending. You see…he was born two months premature in 1979 as a twin and he developed a hemorrhage in his brain one week after birth. He was left with cerebral palsy and later, he was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy which left him trapped in his own body. However, his mind was completely intact and was smart as a whip.

After mourning for him for a long time I began thinking about…