I was trained by my non-verbal son to pay attention to all the cues a person has to show you who they are and how they are feeling, long before I had to face my brother’s and my father’s Alzheimer’s. I wish you well in care-giving. It is difficult. Keep learning as the landscape changes.

Rally

If a teen or preteen did this in out town, they would get discipline and education on the meaning and impact of such a gesture,perhaps using ADL’s own resources. This is so awful to see.