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Kenny’s broad face crinkles in concentration as he tries to remember how long he’s been at Goldsborough House. Then relief erases the furrows as he’s told an approximation will do. “It’s been about three ’ years. If you need to know the exact date, one of the counselors can tell you. They have it in their records.”
Thirty-four-year-old Kenny is. ' mildly retarded. In addition, he hasan adjustment disorder that makes the appropriate expression 0f 'emo-„ tion difficult for him and leaves him - appearing very child-like at tinies.
But in conversation on a topic with which he’s comfortable - life at Goldsborough House - and in the . security of the familiar upstairs > apartment’s living room, Kenny would pass for normal. -• * .
“I’ve learned an awful lot since I’ve been here. I’ve Reamed cooking, how to do my own lafindry, Cleaning. Stuff like that. I know my basics,”' he said, setting his shoulders With pride and nodding confidently. "But that was easy part. The hard part was trying to get along with other people,” he added, repeating the lament of anyone who has ever shared ■ living quarters with another human ,; being. “It is hard! Very hard." ■ *
The rooms give testimony to the skills Kenny and his house mate George have, mastered. Table tops ?*
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