Dr. Daniel Hai
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was hitting himself.
They told me he would never talk.
They told me that he just was what he was.
And I just worked with what I got.
I sang to him.
I changed his diapers.
I helped prepare his food.
And... How old were you?
18.
And...
we got to a point where one day as I was changing his diapers, I blew up the rubber gloves into balloons.
And he took these gloves and he started hitting them.
So it became a ritual where every day I changed his diaper and every day he would take the glove and hit them.
Now, fast forward a year later, bruises are gone, fine, he's hitting these gloves.
They're telling me that this home is closing and I have to say bye to this kid.
Now you have to remember I'm so unevolved at this point.
It was a very, very delicate time for me.
I was attached to this kid.
I didn't know how to say bye.
I went to go make him a balloon.