You know, it's always interesting to me when we talk
about roommates for people
because the way it gets talked about often
with people with disabilities,
not so much anymore,
but still to some degree,
is that there's this idea
that if I've got somebody with autism,
to use a contemporary one,
that it makes sense to have a group home
or a program for people with autism.
One of my favorites that I particularly
am proud of in the past
was let's group together
people with behavioral challenges.
Let's have them be together.
And now what we know
is if you take somebody
whose major behavior
is biting as a negative behavior
and you have them live
with somebody that spits,
the really good news for them
is that it's free inóservice training.
The person that bites
is going to learn how to spit
and the person that spits
is going to learn how to bite.
And you know what the professionals are going to do?
They're going to have a meeting about the fact that
the behavior is deteriorating.
And from the person's behavior,
it's skill development.
We have got to challenge the whole nature
of why we're grouping people
for what reason
and why people come in groups.
Half the American public
that starts out by saying I love you, Baby,
it's forever, marry me
within seven years is saying You jerk, get out of here.
I get the car, you get the kids.
