When Marcus was nineteen, his mother announced that she wanted to send his nine-year-old autistic brother, Theo, to a residential school three hours away. Their father had abandoned the family months earlier, and their mother was struggling to cope. Her new boyfriend, Richard, wanted a different life, one that seemed to leave little room for Theo’s needs. Heartbroken by the thought of losing his brother, Marcus made a life-changing decision: he would take responsibility for Theo him…Continue Reading
