My Brother Tommy

My brother, Thomas Waldo (Tommy) has lived at the North Lake Supports and Services Center in Hammond, Louisiana for 45 years. He is profoundly mentally retarded, with an I.Q. of 8 months and motor skills of 18 months. He is very mobile and loves to be outside. North Lake provides the sanctuary he requires to allow all the freedom he seeks under the watchful and loving eyes of his “other family” – the direct care staff . . .

My siblings have thanked me for keeping them informed about what’s going on with Tommy and also politically. Two live in Texas and one in Florida, but there are areas they have been able to get involved – even if it is in small ways.