Like Dr. Perry Cox in the “scrubs”, John Mcginley demonstrated hard -to -reach intensity. In real life, this intensity goes into his rigid devotion to his three children, the oldest of whom was born with Down syndrome.
“It was like a space hammer,” McGinli says about the diagnosis of Max Sona at birth, on a video call with Today.com.
“Max was going to become a girl. Everything was square. He appeared, and his 21st chromosome tripled, he had heart problems, apnea in a dream, as well as some problems with the digestive tract, and I just closed. ”
A year after the birth of Max, he became an American slide for Mcginley and his ex -wife Lauren Lambert. Adapting to his new reality and following the disease of the heart with which Max was born (which ultimately decided), it took some time, so McGinli retreated from acting to focus on his family.
“It's time to circle the wagons, and everything else was supposed to wait,” he says. “Since then, he has become this beautiful, beautiful, stubborn, very self -confident young man who absolutely loves his sisters.”
The upbringing of three children
In the end, Mcginly married his current wife, Nicola McGinli. In addition to Max, who is now 28 years old, the couple raised their daughters Billy Grace, 17 years old, and Kate, 15 years old.
The girls are “so deeply verbal, and this is the biggest problem with Maxi,” McGinley shares. In fact, that Kate plans to graduate from high school two years earlier.
“You know, this was a real direction to expand both of them, you know. Do not put a wet blanket to ensure that Kate and Billy Grace are verbal, but are still trying to give Max the opportunity to create as many language as possible, ”he says.
Balancing of completely different needs of all three children may require a lot of elegant, but the actor did not notice any conflict between these three.
“I never wanted Max to be a burden for his two sisters. I wanted them to be instigators or initiators of events held with my brother, ”Mcginley explains. “They considered Max as the biggest gift in the history of the planet, and this is formed as they see the world.”
He emphasizes that “how girls relate to their brother and integrated Max into their lives, this is the material of the dream of parents.”
Swing up for the fences
Like many heroes playing McGinli, he is inclined to think about the big.
His son loves a swing, so Mcginley made him really large swings.
“Do you know the juice that you are looking for when you are on the upper arc of swinging? Max, he longs for him, ”says Mcginley, who calls this“ juice ”as“ vestibular stimulation ”.
When Max surpassed the swing on the playground, Mcginley built something higher. He had giant swings built from 25-footing telephone pillars. Mcginley says with a laugh: “They are funny, but they brought dividends.”
In addition to swinging, Max loves Strum. He plays a rhythm -gitar for a group called Spec Labs. The name of the group was obtained from the fact that all its musicians are on the spectrum in some quality.
“Watching this evolution was incredible because he played with his back to the audience, but in the end he turned around and played in front of the audience,” says Mcginley.
Mcginley's lawyer
McGinli welcomes his son in private, and also stands for him on a greater stage. He was a convinced defender Global Fund of Down Syndrome For many years, primarily from his attention, on research and lobbying, so that every person with Down syndrome has a fair chance of a satisfactory life.
“It will sound a little rude, but I do not want to be with a group controlled by brochures,” says Mcginley with Dr. Cox. He wanted to support the organization that will create real, long changes, and he believes that Global will do this.
As part of October, the month of awareness of the syndrome of Dowun McGinli will take part in Global “Be beautiful, be yourself”Which is the largest raising funds for Down syndrome in the world. It will be one of the escorts of celebrities that help models with Down syndrome Rock Rock -Poster strip.
The return of Dr. Cox
He will also go to Vancouver to remove “Scrubs” rebootTogether with Zak Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalk.
“I know that we are shooting in Vancouver, and that’s all I know because I did not see the word of the text,” Mcginley jokes, holding his travel documents. “But it doesn't matter, Billy Lawrence does it. It will be great! “
In fact, Mcginley asked the creator of the series Lawrence to add a storyline with a patient with special needs. And in the 8th season he did.
“It was great to put someone, young adults born with Down syndrome on the show. He crushed him, and he crushed Dr. Cox, and it was an excellent episode, ”McGinley recalls.
