*A search for "Direct Support Staff" synonym led me to a 3 page
   paper you wrote called "What'd I Say", which led me to your
   homepage, which led me to your Facebook page. You're an
   alternate Universe me. I look at what you do and I'm glad
   someone is doing it. I don't feel so bad now because it's the
   kind of thing I always feel I ought to be doing. I was diagnosed
   with Cerebral Palsy and we had an excellent program for the late
   1970s which helped me. Entered school regularly. Nobody ever
   knew. I was lucky. I might not have even had it to begin with
   but who's to say? Effective therapy or mistaken diagnosis?
   Doesn't matter to me either way and brain scans ain't cheap.
   Anyway, I had a chance to return the favor in my early 20s by
   volunteering there full time for a year, helping kids with
   cerebral palsy, downs syndrome and whatever other names they
   gave to these kids. This is back in 1991-93 - around that time.
   Life went on. Curious at progress after life took me in other
   directions, somehow I landed up here. And, alternative Universe
   me, doing what you do, I want to say "Thank you". You're not
   alternative Universe me. You are you and I am me and each of the
   people who you help are unique individuals lucky enough to enjoy
   this planet for as long as they're able to, just as we are. Yet,
   when some things are striking enough to resonate, even among the
   unique that we all are, it's worth mentioning and saying "Thank
   you". So, Thank you for existing and being who you are, Peter.