"I took off and it was easy."
At 33, Jean was still living with his parents.
In February, he moved into a studio apartment on his own.
Alone?
Not quite.
Because this tall young man with fragile X syndrome needed a minimum of support to leave the family cocoon.
It was a brand new flatshare for disabled people, opened in January in Boulogne-Billancourt, which allowed him to emancipate himself.
“I wanted to be alone but not too locked up at home.
Here, I met beautiful people”
, summarizes this tall dark-haired man with blue eyes, a fan of running and walking.
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