Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Fwd: Do You Live with No Boundaries? Hector Does.

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Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:03 PM
Subject: Do You Live with No Boundaries? Hector Does.
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Living with No Boundaries: Meet Hector

By the Disability.gov team

Some people collect baseball cards. Others save coins or stamps. But Hector's collection is much more valuable. He is the proud owner of more than 24 library cards, which he actively uses around the state of California. It was simply by chance that the Disability.gov team chose a library as the setting for Hector's photo shoot. Little did we know that libraries are such an intricate part of his story.

Hector's insatiable thirst for knowledge started at a young age. After teaching himself to read, Hector spent hours on end at the local library, poring over books in every genre. One time, when he was living with his grandmother in Mexico, he learned that a new library was opening in town. Hector, who was only six years old, decided to skip school to visit it. Needless to say, his family wasn't too pleased with his little adventure.

Throughout the years, libraries became a safe haven from the overstimulation Hector sometimes experienced as a result of his autism and other invisible disabilities. Even though he wanted to socialize with his classmates, Hector said he couldn't always handle the stress after a long day at school. Library books offered access to the intimate thoughts of thousands of "friends" in a quiet environment. Hector still reads every chance he gets, and the Internet has only enhanced his ability to learn, enabling him to quickly reach out to authors to ask them questions about their books.

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