The mother’s oldest son has autism and suffers from schizophrenia, a severe brain disorder that disrupts normal thoughts, speech and behavior.
His name is Justin Moss but they call him JoJo. He is 20 and can’t stand to hear loud noises, prefers smooth textures on his plate and sometimes still hears voices. Some of them nice. Some as mean as the devil and just as dangerous.
You don’t need to know much more than that to admire Gwen Boyd Moss’ stamina and to understand what life has been like for her, JoJo and his little brothers Damon and Brandon, and why at this stage in her life she’d sign onto “Selling It: In the ATL,” the reality television show scheduled to premiere at 10 p.m. Thursday on WEtv.
At 46, Moss, known as the comeback in her new show, has learned that life has a way of not just sifting you but shifting you.
This wasn’t the first opportunity the Cummings mother has had to participate in a reality TV show, but she always took a pass, feeling black women were too often cast in a negative light. When a friend called to tell her about “Selling It,” she believed this was her chance to show professional women in a more positive light and help raise awareness about autism and mental illness in children.
Her mission, she said, is to talk about both.
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