Siblings with Disabilities Helping One Another Become Independent

MEDFORD, N.J. - Daniel Maloney just got a promotion, his third in 11 years.
He’s an assistant cook at a retirement community, where he serves up daily dishes such as marinated flank steak and butternut squash bisque for more than 200 residents.
He and his older sister, Jessica, both have Fragile X Syndrome, the most-common inherited cause of intellectual impairment. They share an apartment and help keep each other independent.
Their younger sister, Kate, is the only Maloney sibling who did not inherit the syndrome. But Fragile X and other developmental disabilities are part of the fiber of her daily life as a special education teacher.