[nabs-l] having a hard time fitting in at church

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Lavonya,

You know, in some cultures (the one that comes to mind is the Hmong) 
people with an affect like your's are considdered to be healers, or shamen.
The church people, then, clearly are missing out! Don't they know 
there is room for everyone???
At 08:58 AM 9/20/2012, Sarah wrote:
>That sounds like a horrible discriminating church if you ask me.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:16:44 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] having a hard time fitting in at church
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>I was told that I  wasn't fowling gods word because I couldn't 
>talk.  And my sensory input is way, causing me to scream if things r 
>too bright, loud, or if touched.  Or handle any change.
>They thought I was dumb.  They also thought  that I was cursing them 
>out, when I would make sounds or sign, and that my blindness was my 
>punishment for not letting them touch me.
>
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>On Sep 19, 2012, at 16:49, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>How can they throw you out of a church just because you're autistic? 
>Sounds like discrimination to me!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:16:55 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] having a hard time fitting in at church
>
>I have been thrown out of 25 churches, due to my autism.  They seem 
>to be fine with me being blind, but autism was not.  So now I attend 
>2 churches.  1 of them has sometimes 15 blind people at a time.  At 
>the other church, I am the only blind person? I am on the dance 
>team.  I still do not fit in, but I do try to do ad much ad I can, 
>and try and be ne'er people with my interests.
>Have you tried finding people to talk to that have your interests?
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:49, Andrew Edgcumbe <andrewjedg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi nabs students readers
>
>I hope you all are doing well.
>
>
>Anyway
>I am struggling with fitting in at my church and things.
>
>I  been having a hard time finding friends to talk to there and things.
>
>They all seem to talk to each other and just walk away from me and things.
>every time after the service is over they just talk to each other's
>friends and i am not really talked to much at all i am often left
>sitting alone sometimes they walk out of the church pew all together
>and things i get left behind allot i don't get included in going out
>to lunch and things like that.
>
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