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@mamacita I am sending this to you while I am on the road at this training conference. Today is the last day but it will be fully packed with things and I haven't even had time to get onto Mayo Connect all week. I have sorely missed it. It will take me many days once I get home to go through everything and see what has been happening in people's lives. But I do know that your words have touched me deeply Mamacita. To be and autistic in this group of 155 people is really difficult for me. I stood up for myself and advocated which is so unusual. I had to give myself a pat on the back because of course no one else was there to. Assured my semi sanity by making sure that I am sitting in the front row, on an aisle, so I can escape if I need to. There is no one in front of me so that my focus can be almost entirely on the training. This has helped me a lot these last few days. There will be more to come when I get home and can go through things, but for now I wanted to say that I sorely miss all of you. I want everyone to know that I'm here for you. I have to go get breakfast and get into class, it's only 6 a.m.
Ginger
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@gingerw Glad to hear from you Glad your advocating for yourself Do what you know is right anxious to hear how your doing looking forward to your post
Ginger, Volunteer Mentor,
Therei s a death mentality lurking in the shadows of our society.
If it is broken, we don't fix it. We kill it.
We deny It rights. We don't cover it's conditions with insurance coverage.
We dismiss it as untrainable. Unteachable.
We say there are not enough funds available to provide for it.
Because they do not learn the way We teach, we say they are unteachable.
We stop trying to help them because we don't get the results we think we should. As quickly as we think we should.
We search for a "cure" when it has been proven for quite some time now that Autism is a different operating system, beginning before birth.
We de-humanize and dismiss.
How many times did I use "it" before I began to bother you?
We get used to poor treatment of others and it doesn't take long before we don't expect any better.
This is why I am here.
This is why I am on socisl media every day.
This is why I advocate every time I step outside my door.
We are here for you. Good on you for self-advocating. You might be surprised to find more than a few Auties in attendance, they are just really intent on masking to fit in.
Love and light darling Ginger! Be safe and have a wonderful time!
Mamacita Jane
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Hello @gingerw, It is good to hear from you. Let me join you in that "pat on the back." Glad to hear that you found a good location to sit and focus on the training. Keep taking care of yourself and know that we miss you too!