The actor previously detailed how medical professionals tragically misdiagnosed his 21-year-old son James as having cerebral palsy before determining that he actually had Angelman syndrome.A rare genetic illness that mostly affects the neurological system, Angelman syndrome results in severe intellectual and physical disabilities.
He said: “It’s tricky,” some parents will say: “I want to take care of my child myself.” And I respect that.
“But my horror would be… What if I have a heart attack tomorrow, and, God forbid, James’ mother, Kim, has a car crash and she’s taken too – and then James is on his own?”
“Then he’s a ward of the state and he goes where? We’d have no say in it.”He and Kim are hoping to “find somewhere we like where he can go now, while we’re still alive and healthy, that we can go and visit, and we can take him out sometimes.”