👏 Kudos to Colin Farrell for starting this foundation to support those with intellectual and developmental #disabilities! Julie Jordan reports: "It’s exciting, it feels like the right time. I want the world to be kind to my son. I want the world to treat him with kindness and respect.”
The Colin Farrell Foundation will provide support for adult children who have an intellectual #disability through advocacy, education, and innovative programs.
James "has had an extraordinary 20 years. He works incredibly hard to achieve the benchmarks that we all experience as typical human beings who don’t have any cognitive issues or developmental delays," says Farrell. "And he’s done incredible. He’s a really well-adjusted, happy young man. He’s extraordinary."
“We want to take a good look at residential potential for families with young adults who are ready to go out into the world and have a greater sense of community and connection,” says the actor.
Farrell credits both his sons for making him a better man. "Everything is magnified when you have a child with special needs," he says.
In a perfect world, James "will be somewhere where he feels like he belongs and he’s safe, where he can garden and watch movies and swim in the pool and go out to the beach and just have a full and meaningful and connected life," the actor says. "That’d be the dream."
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