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

[Lavonya Gardner]

I was yelled at a lot, so I would throw things and scream. If I was touched I would scream, hit, and bite, not because I wanted too, I am still that way when touched unexpectedly. I have sensory prossesing issues, comman with autism. I also have to be close to whatever I need to se. I can see some,.

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On Sep 20, 2012, at 11:58, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That sounds like a horrible discriminating church if you ask me.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com
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> Date sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:16:44 -0400
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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:
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> How can they throw you out of a church just because you're autistic? Sounds like discrimination to me!
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> ----- 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
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> 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?
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> On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:49, Andrew Edgcumbe <andrewjedg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi nabs students readers
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> I hope you all are doing well.
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> 
> 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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