He also likes action movies. The pulsating sound effects and fast moving scenes give his faint visual and auditory senses a temporary treat. Looking at Matthew's picture also brings to mind his mother, Terri. She has invested her best years caring for Matthew. She wanted to go to college and become a teacher, but Matthew's birth forced her to set that dream aside.
Most parents are willing to endure diapers and temper tantrums for a few years.
The effort of those early childhood years ultimately leads to healthy, happy, well-adjusted adult children. But for Terri, along with millions of other moms of special-needs children, years of thankless sacrifice lead only to many more years. Matthew, though happy, will never be a healthy, well-adjusted adult. He will always require constant attention. He will always motion for what he wants, at least on this side of eternity.