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

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at comcast.net
Thu Sep 20 19:46:33 UTC 2012


You go girl!At 11:23 AM 9/20/2012, Lavonya Gardner wrote:
>I love me as I am. (blind and autistic.) there's nothing "wrong" 
>with either. I live on my own, raise my 7 year autistic daughter, go 
>to class/work adjustment program, and do as I please, with support, 
>but I do it. I dance do speeches and write books.
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Sep 20, 2012, at 13:07, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> 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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