About this episode
My name is Helen D'Ann Dorris. I'm 76 years old. I live here in Geneseo, Kansas.我叫海伦·丹·多里斯，今年76岁，现居堪萨斯州杰纳西奥。I ended up taking this position as the librarian, which is a part-time position. I come from a family of nine children.我现在兼职图书管理员。我们家有9个兄弟姐妹。I have always said, I wouldn't trade that for the world. I learned a lot of things growing up in a large family.我常说，这是世界上任何东西都无法替代的。在一个大家庭中长大，我学到了很多东西。But I wouldn't have that many children of my own. So I only had two children.但我不会自己生那么多孩子。我只有两个孩子。My first child was a Down syndrome child. He still lives with us. He is now 53, and it was a learning experience from day one.我的第一个孩子患有唐氏综合症。他现在还和我们住在一起，他现在53岁了。从他出生第一天开始，我们什么都要学习。It makes you grow as a person and learn to look at things from a different perspective.整个过程促进我们成长，并学会从不同的视角看待事物。
