In addition to the proven benefits of home visiting, when a community believes in hope, holds a positive outlook and
rallies around the young children in their community, those messages have a mitigating effect on the next generation and their stressors and trauma, Willis said.
The second sign of hope is how many
young people have
rallied around Adam, even as adults still feel somewhat awkward: There remains a cultural fear and lack of understanding toward special - needs
children and the disabled.