His son’s Learning Disability prompted Judge David Admire to provide help for individuals with disabilities in the justice system. Chris Winter reported in the King County Journal that an experience with his son changed Judge Admire’s approach to people in his court.
Admire recalls preparing to go on a trip somewhere, and he told his son to go to his room, put on his coat and come back. His son went to his room and didn’t come out.
Admire repeated the direction with the same result, and was about to admonish his son, but first he asked the youngster what it was he had just been asked to do. His son replied matter-of-factly that he had been told to go to his room.
“A light went on,” Admire said. “How many times does this happen in a courtroom? My personal life and professional life just went crashing together.”
The revelation prompted him to seek out a way to help convicts with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. A partnership with the Learning Disabilities Association of Washington led to obtaining federal money to provide services to those in need.
Mr. Winter’s characterization of the son’s Learning Disability (”a sequencing disorder: His son couldn’t focus on more than one thing at a time”) may give authorities on LD pause, the story is worth reading. Congratulations to Judge Admire for his contributions.
Link to the story. Alternative link to Seattle Times version of Judge Admire’s retirement.
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