The Very Different Life of Quinn Bradlee
Written by Greg Miller and edited by Greg Moore

Today I want to talk about how parents deal with young adults with disabilities. The parents I have in mind are Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee. Sally was a correspondent for CBS News. She also wrote a column for the New York Daily News. Her husband, Ben Bradlee, is the former editor for the Washington Post and author of My Life, which is the title of his autobiography. Sally and Ben have a son name Quinn Bradlee, 27, who has a disability called Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS).
Quinn has his own book titled A Different Life, which is the subject of the C-SPAN interview located here. It illustrates how the Bradlee family struggled to deal with Quinn’s disability. Sally states in the interview that each family member went to therapy, and that it was the common thread which brought them back together. She goes on to say their family could not possibly stay together without it. The interview sends a strong message to us all that we are interdependent and we can’t do it alone.