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

[Lavonya Gardner]

I did, now I am on the dance team, and I am a little calmer there, I still have melt downs, but this new church knows how to re direct me. 

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On Sep 20, 2012, at 23:58, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Lavanya,
> that sounds harsh. Could you find another church?
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Lavonya Gardner
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:16 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 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?
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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
>> 
>> 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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