LoriB.me» awn http://lorib.me New home of LBnuke Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:54:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Children Want You To Know http://lorib.me/2011/05/31/my-children-want-you-to-know/ http://lorib.me/2011/05/31/my-children-want-you-to-know/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:25:47 +0000 Lori http://lorib.me/?p=3017 Related posts:
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My children want you to know that being of few words does not mean being of little intelligence.

My children want you to know that being socially awkward doesn’t mean they cannot be wonderful, kind, loving and loyal friends.

My children want you to know that they stim because they need to, not because they are brats with little self-control who wish to irritate you. My children want you to know that they are not “picky”, “wussy” or “incorrigible” because they cannot tolerate certain lights, sounds, fabrics or foods. They experience the world quite differently than you do from a sensory standpoint, and they are doing their best to process and handle all of it. Think of having the volume turned up on every one of your senses at all times.

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]]> Temple Grandin will be on the AWN Radio show tomorrow morning to give the Autism Women’s Network her first exclusive interview following the Premiere of HBO’s Original Movie which premiered a few hours ago.

Radio show link is: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/autism-womens-network/2010/02/07/temple-grandin-gives-awn-first-interview-re-premie

Interview time: Feb 7th, 2010 at 9am PST – 10am MST – 11am CST– 12pm EST (USA)

Use the following link to calculate your time zone outside USA: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/meeting-planner.aspx

Me and K watched part of it a little while ago and it was really good. Gonna watch the rest of it now :)

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