http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20250347,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
Even close friends were left to draw their own conclusions about the boy who shared his father’s famous ocean-blue eyes but rarely made eye contact with outsiders; the young man who often smiled but was never heard speaking; the teen who loved the water, golf cart rides and airplanes but who needed round-the-clock supervision wherever he went.
“John and Kelly never discussed his physical condition with me,” says their friend, actress Anne Archer. “I observed that he was significantly mentally handicapped. ... John always communicated to him as if Jett could completely understand him. ... It was a kind of sweet exchange, where he was just happy with anything that Jett offered. Anything.”
Gupta on Kawasaki and seizures
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/01/06/am.gupta.travolta.son.autopsy.cnn
I forgot to add...for those of you that don’t know...Anne Archer is a member of Scientology and is the mother of the Scientology spokesperson...Tommy Davis...
which makes her comments stunning....
By the way, what she describes as Jett’s behavior is that of some who have autism...also could be other issues...
But to use the term “mentally handicapped” from the mother of the PR Spokesperson from Scientology is quite an eye opener.