Has anyone seen this kid Samuel Mann? I was wondering what opinions some pf the good folks here have of him.
I have kind of mixed feelings. He seems happy and he laughs and smiles a lot, but at the same time I get a sense of aversion similar to when I see the Hartleys, Matthew Nel and other tard babies. The story Michael's parents tell is similar to other fundie/tard parents. They were given his diagnosis before he was born and the doctors mentioned that they could terminate the pregnancy. They of course refused.
Now they talk about what a miracle he is because he has survived longer than the initial prognosis, but he doesn't walk, doesn't really talk. He can form a few simple words, but he doesn't seem to know what they actually mean.
Also, those raspy, congested, death-rattle noises that come from him, combined with his ever present snotty nose makes me feel ill.
So I don't know what to think about him. He's obviously more aware than the Hartleys or Matthew and he doesn't seem to be suffering at least not in this particular video, but so many hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone to keeping him alive when he'll never progress beyond the barely functional state he's in now and most likely his medical issues will only get worse as he gets older.
Also, does Chris, the guy in the video seem a bit off-putting to anyone else? He's doing what should seem like a really good thing by interviewing these different types of kids, trying to get the world to see their humanity, but there's something that just seems not right about him. His mannerisms, his laugh, his way of speaking all just come off kind of phony. At least that's how I felt and I just wondered if anyone else had the same impressions of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayt465ueRgM