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Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public comments

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A nonprofit group, Survivors Say , releases a statement by the man Tuesday .

He says he plans to change his name as he begins to take charge of his life and recover.

The man says he was locked in a small room most of every day and not given enough food since he was 11 .

His stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan , has been charged with kidnapping, felony assault, cruelty to persons.

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