My name is Adam. I was trained to keep silent and still. As the children around me played games, I watched. As they studied and learned, I colored pictures. I never knew my parents. I was told I had siblings, but I doubt they knew I existed. The Government became my parent as I bounced among foster homes. I figured this was a normal life. I was kept busy coloring pictures with crayons.
My physical needs were met but my soul ached for nourishment. At some point, the normalcy I was born with began to ebb. My future was denied. I was figuratively chained and locked away from the world just as though I had been banished to a dungeon. The retarded label was placed upon me until I found the key to that dungeon, or more accurately, the key found me.