Why The Story Matters
	It's an achievement with me being in St Lawrence's for so many years, and not knowing anything else but St Lawrence's. I thought it would be nice to let people know what it was like, and to let people know how difficult it was for someone with a learning disability, and who was stuck away because of that. I thought that people outside should know these things because they're not aware of it at the moment and I think it would be nice. I think it was nice for me to be able to do something, so that I could say 'I've done it'. It made me feel that it was something I had done. You've got something so that you can say, 'This is what happened to me'. Some of it hurts, some of it's sad, some of it I'd like to remember. My story means a lot to me because I can say, 'This is what happened to me', if anyone asks. So it's great, and I will keep it for the rest of my life. I will keep the book. The story was important to me because I'd been wanting to do this for a long time and I wouldn't have been able to do it, only I met Dorothy. It was very important to me to tell them about St Lawrence's and the way it was when I went there. And it's been a great joy, I've enjoyed it and, for me, it's something that, you know, I would do again.