Jim B.: Script for Audio Excerpt

Jim B.: Script for audio excerpt

Susan: Do you remember, Jim, how old you were when you came to live here?

Jim: 13.

Susan: Before you were 13 when you lived at home were you living with also your parents?

Jim: Yes.

Susan: And did you have any pets?

Jim: Yes.

Susan: What did you have?

Jim: I had a dog.

Susan: What kind of dog?

Jim: Chocolate lab, cocker spaniel.

Susan: What was its name?

Jim: Tippy-Toes.

Susan: Tippy toes?

Jim: Tippy-Toes, Snoopy, and Peppy.

Susan: Oh you had three dogs? OK. How did Tippy-Toes get its name?

Jim: Because I named it that.

Susan: And was Tippy-Toes the cocker spaniel?

Jim: Chocolate lab.

Susan: The chocolate lab, oh they're beautiful. They're beautiful.

Jim: When I used to ride a bike. I used to… he would run with me.

Susan: He’d run beside the bike?

Jim: Yeah.

Susan: Jim, can we talk a little bit about from when you first came here?

Jim: Yeah.

Susan: So when you first came here, do you remember how you felt about moving here? No? Were there activities and things you liked to do right away?

Jim: No.

Susan: No? But now that you’ve been here for a while, you have friends here?

Jim: Yes.

Susan: Yeah? Do you have a best friend? Colleen?

Colleen: Thank you, Jim.

SusanL When I first met you today it seemed to me like you are pretty comfortable here. Are you happy here? No? Is there something you’d like to change? If you could make something different what would it be?

Jim: Go out for van rides and stuff like that.

Susan: Oh, you want to go out for…

Jim: Rides.

Susan: Ride? Just like on a nice day, just to drive around? OK. Who would you go with?

Jim: My advocate right here.

Susan: OK. You and Chris would go joyriding?

Jim: Yep.

Susan: Yeah?

Jim: Yep

Susan: Are you getting into trouble or you're staying out of trouble?

Jim: Staying out of trouble.

Susan: Staying out of trouble.

Susan:Is there anything that you wanted to ask me?

Jim: What do you do when you're at the…

Susan: When I'm not here?

Jim: Yeah.

Susan: I teach theatre to high school aged children,

Susan: So have you ever seen a play or a show here? No? OK. Well it’s kind of like acting on TV only in person but thank you for the question.

Jim: Yep