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My two sons are all grown up now. 我的两个儿子如今都已经长大成人 They are 32 and 27 years old this year. 一个32岁，一个今年27岁了 Yet they both still have the minds of children. 然而，在心智上他们都还像是孩子 Autism has limited their intellectual growth over the years 多年来，孤独症限制了他们的智力发育 and they still need to be looked after 他们仍需要被人看护 24 hours a day, 一天24小时 7 days a week. 一周7天 When I was a boy 当我自己还是个小男孩的时候 the term used for people like my sons 对那些症状和我儿子类似的人 was Mentally Retarded. 人们惯用的说法是，智力发育迟缓 By the time I was an adult 当我成为成年人之后 the term had switched to Mentally Handicapped. 这种病症的说法变成了智力残疾 Later 随后 this was changed again to Mentally Challenged. 称谓又变成了，智商收到挑战的人 None of these terms truly defined them, however. 不过，这些说法都不能准确的定义他们 They are so much more than these labels. 他们的人性比这些人格标签要丰富的多 | 
