My neighbor, David (I'll call him that to preserve his privacy), was recently hit by a car on a bike ride. He's okay. He's on crutches now.
He has Down Syndrome, though different from autism. He was one of my first friends in sixth grade, entering a public school knowing literally no one.
It comes to question on whether things would be different if he wasn't hindered by his cognitive ability.
Of course, right?
However, he is a child, just like I am and just like any child peddling on his bike down the street haphazardly. It could happen to any of us.
It's only so much more sickening because it happened to someone who honestly couldn't know better.
