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For more than two decades, Kathryn Sinnott has campaigned tirelessly to get educational rights for her autistic and profoundly mentally handicapped son, Jamie, and others like him. It’s a battle that has taken her right as far as the Supreme Court. John Scally meets a mother who has given hope and inspiration to all with learning difficulties, and to their loved ones.
For more than 20 years, the world of Kathryn and Jamie Sinnott has been one of pain, bewilderment, courage and perseverance. Kathryn, a personification of ‘Mother Courage,’ describes her life in two phases, BJ and AJ – ‘Before Jamie’ and ‘After Jamie.’
Jamie was only three months old when he first began to exhibit symptoms of autism. When he was just a toddler, Kathryn was treated with little sympathy by health care professionals. A psychiatrist remarked that children were made autistic by cold, unloving mothers – “refrigerator mothers.” He told her that Jamie would ruin her life, and because she was young she should “forget Jamie and get on with her life.” For all that, Kathryn’s pride in her son knows no limits.
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