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00:07 hosted by Audrey Bell Kearney sharing 00:10 stories about people in places around 00:12 beautiful Gwinnett County every day at 9 00:15 a.m. 00:16 Southern Living at its best 00:18 [Music] 00:28 good morning good morning good morning 00:31 good morning it's another great day Hank 00:33 we met y'all happy happy Thursday 00:35 peg relations I think we're net landing 00:37 all new around the world listening to 00:39 the show I'm so happy to be with the day 00:40 it's a beautiful day here in Gwinnett 00:41 it's about 75 degrees going up until 00:43 about 97 00:44 it was hot yesterday when I tell you hi 00:46 it was hot and the ragweed is killing me 00:49 and my guests they know not killing us 00:51 it's really hindering us a little bit 00:52 we're still living but I got a guest 00:54 today in the studio y'all so you know 00:56 today we know what today is 00:57 today is a seat at the table day and I 00:59 have a guest today who's gonna be 01:01 talking about some very good things but 01:03 it's a it's a great day hearing within 01:05 beautiful weather listen today its 01:07 horoscope time we're gonna do the 01:09 harvest girls brought to you by noted 01:10 astrologer Micah thousand and we're 01:12 gonna kick it off today for August 215 01:14 do you realize we are in the middle of 01:16 this month like literally we are so 01:18 close to fall it is unbelievable we are 01:21 where we 3/4 through the year we are 3/4 01:25 through the year I mean time is flying 01:26 it's not waiting for anybody and it's 01:29 not waiting for us but listen let's go 01:31 ahead and see what the Stars got for you 01:32 today we're gonna kick it off with Aries 01:34 you'll be drawn to individuals who 01:37 provide you with both intellectual 01:38 conversation and physical passion go out 01:41 shopping today I like that whoo Aries 01:45 take me with you 01:46 difficulty difficulties will result if 01:49 you have to deal with controversial 01:50 controversial goose okay listen so y'all 01:53 know I went to dinner yesterday to get 01:54 my braces off right guess what I didn't 01:56 get them off two more weeks so yes I'm 01:59 still someone yes I am Taurus you should 02:02 put your efforts into creative projects 02:04 throw yourself into your work throw 02:05 yourself into your work I like creative 02:08 projects I'm not that creative when it 02:10 comes to like making things but actually 02:12 how to write a book and I could tell you 02:13 Jim and I ferret ferret out information 02:16 that will hold them responsible avoid 02:18 disputes with family their complaints 02:21 can't change anything anyway it may not 02:23 be the best day to confront your 02:25 employer's not if you want your job be 02:28 careful about that 02:29 Jim nah don't go trying to talk to the 02:31 employees they would some crap could 02:33 cost you your job can't sir you're 02:36 passionate mood will be well received by 02:38 your mate hmm 02:40 nice you can do well on stage or behind 02:43 the scenes the choice is yours you may 02:44 have difficulties with someone close to 02:47 you all right watch out for that person 02:49 close to you be careful with that cancer 02:51 Leo you could meet an interesting 02:54 individual who want to get to know you 02:56 better 02:57 it could be love you never know could be 02:59 money you never know 03:00 don't push limitations on yourself don't 03:03 put limitations on yourself if you 03:04 address those in a position to grant you 03:06 favors you should get the support you 03:08 require you got a X though that's the 03:10 one thing we don't do if you don't act 03:12 somebody knows you need it 03:13 Virgo residential moves are evident your 03:16 words will be taken out of context if 03:18 you eat if you're evasive with 03:20 co-workers or employers home-improvement 03:22 project could run smoothly all right go 03:25 ahead do something for the home fix it 03:27 up today they gonna run smoothly today 03:28 is your day so have you been thinking 03:30 about doing some good stuff it's your 03:31 time all right I'm going to the song and 03:33 I bring you the rest of the harvest 03:34 girls brought you by astrologer 03:35 microfiber like on a good morning with 03:37 next show stay tuned y'all 03:41 [Music] 03:54 [Music] 04:21 [Music] 04:55 [Applause] 04:56 [Music] 04:57 [Applause] 04:58 [Music] 05:08 [Music] 05:48 Lupe's shaken but not stirred table soon 06:02 [Music] 06:17 [Applause] 06:18 [Music] 06:45 [Music] 06:49 [Applause] 06:49 [Music] 07:08 hey hey hey welcome back to the morning 07:10 when that shows a girl are you Brenda 07:12 give me the daily horoscopes brought to 07:13 you by astrology or microfiber that's a 07:15 great song I know you know I got so many 07:17 songs in my in my playlists that I play 07:19 I've never even played that one before 07:21 I'm like that so really my song I'm 07:23 saying about my hair my guests can hear 07:24 it if you listen in live you could have 07:26 heard it but you have to leave hear it 07:27 later 07:27 eisah listen gonna pick up with Libra so 07:30 we're gonna stop it pick it up right 07:31 here trips educational pursuits or 07:34 projects that could lead to new outlooks 07:36 should be on your agenda expect to pay 07:39 more than you anticipated for 07:41 entertainment or other purchases okay so 07:43 listen expect to spend some money today 07:45 cuz that's what's gonna happen 07:47 Libra just expect it if you can include 07:49 them and your plans do so I don't know 07:51 who they are but if you can include them 07:53 go ahead and include them Scorpio 07:55 some important someone important maybe 07:58 watching you from afar hmm people are 08:00 always watching trust me when I tell you 08:02 that you don't even know it's so funny 08:05 I'm gonna tell you a quick story so I 08:06 was on his girl's show last year she had 08:08 a podcast too and um and I I'm not a big 08:11 Facebook person like I'm not a big 08:13 Facebook person cuz I feel like people 08:15 are stalking you and I was like okay I'm 08:18 gonna go her show and she said to me I 08:20 gotta be honest I was stalking you and I 08:22 was like I knew it 08:23 so people are watching you you just 08:25 don't know and I was freaking out like 08:26 see that's what I don't like Facebook 08:28 people are stalking you anyway discover 08:33 you someone important may be watching 08:34 from afar you may have difficulties 08:36 while traveling or problems deal with 08:37 close friends or relatives your flair 08:40 for dramatic appeal will unleash itself 08:42 at social functions listen don't let it 08:45 listen it's a social function don't let 08:47 too much get unleashed 08:48 remember people are watching you 08:50 Sagittarius on handiness will affect 08:53 your reputation okay underhandedness try 08:56 to stay calm and do the best you can 08:58 don't be too eager to start your debates 09:01 watch out now you care for their and 09:04 don't be underhanded you're right later 09:06 your rep is all you got 09:08 I tell you a lot of time my story about 09:10 Greece - I love grease to grease - and 09:13 Saturday Night Fever or the two movies I 09:15 watch over and over but when Johnny and 09:17 gluten are lows 09:18 I was gonna say hey they go to Michael 09:20 to do their paper they like don't tell 09:22 anybody we got a rep to protect 09:23 that's my one of my favorite lines so 09:25 listen you got a rep to protect 09:26 secretary so watch it Capricorn you can 09:29 expect to feel confused about your 09:31 personal prospects you may not make 09:33 unnecessary changes today perhaps due to 09:36 preoccupy preoccupation will be upset 09:40 mishaps I'm just messin up mishaps do 09:43 the preoccupation will be upsetting be 09:45 careful be careful loading this haps 09:47 today 09:48 Aquarius romantic opportunities are 09:50 evident if you get involved in large 09:52 group or organization so you looking for 09:55 love romance you got to get out of 09:56 network today think about starting your 09:58 own small business think about it but 10:00 think real hard it's a lot of fun it's a 10:02 lot of work there might be a problem 10:04 with a will or with an insurance policy 10:07 get your papers in order 10:09 get your assets in order to protect your 10:11 stuff watch out now my fellow fish 10:14 Pisces you will be unusual charming 10:18 you'll be your unusual charming self 10:19 today really okay and the partners you 10:22 attract may be the adventurous type 10:24 that's what I am I asked my husband last 10:27 night I said why did you marry me he 10:28 said because you were adventurous oh 10:30 really is that why does the only reason 10:33 that's what he says obviously he think 10:36 I'm adventurous someone you care about 10:38 um may not be too well they've dealt in 10:42 two worthwhile causes that would show 10:44 results if he put in the effort listen 10:47 that's all I got for you today for my 10:48 advice and I noticed I strive to here on 10:50 the good morning with national I'll be 10:51 back on Thursday with more to tell you 10:53 what your stars have in store for you 10:54 but now we're gonna start the interview 10:56 process nope I got one last thing we're 10:59 not gonna start just yet almost 11:05 so Primerica those of you who don't know 11:10 what Primerica is Primerica is a 11:11 financial services company I'm actually 11:13 I am actually a Primerica rep that's on 11:17 my that's on my second third fourth been 11:20 my seventh business learning businesses 11:22 anyway they have done something really 11:24 cool they have donated advance to the 11:26 Red Cross 11:27 I'm the American Red Cross and that is a 11:29 wonderful 11:30 wonderful thing and you got to think 11:32 about this for a second the American Red 11:33 Cross does a great job of providing us 11:36 with blood so those in and and and and 11:40 also when there is a problem when is 11:42 Katrina hits and floods and you know 11:45 they're first responders whenever there 11:46 is a disaster so not only do they do 11:48 blood but they are there to help out 11:50 when there's a disaster and so because 11:52 of the work that they do Primerica which 11:54 is a financial need services right here 11:55 in Duluth Georgia have gifted them a 11:58 then a Dodge Ram Promaster City then and 12:02 that's a great thing so I just wanted to 12:03 give a shout out to Primerica for doing 12:05 such a great thing they did that on 12:07 yesterday so I'm gonna give them a round 12:08 of applause because you know I like to 12:10 show people give them a hand when they 12:12 do something wonderful 12:23 all right so listen there is a young 12:26 woman in the studio with me this morning 12:28 at the table cuz you know this is our 12:29 segment to sit at the table Thursday and 12:31 she represents an organization that 12:34 helps a group of people who are very 12:37 special and she has someone her family 12:41 who's very special that's why this is a 12:43 cause that's near and dear to her heart 12:45 so my guest today is Terry where she is 12:47 the director of y'alls group so y'all 12:50 had me said the end of show every time 12:51 bye y'all 12:52 well y'all actually means something 12:53 other than my southern drag for y'all it 12:56 means something imma let Terry tell you 12:57 what meanings in a few second but 12:59 Terry's a director she also sits on the 13:01 board of special needs schools here in 13:03 Gwinnett County and that organization 13:05 has been around for 30 years so Terry 13:07 thank you so much for being my guest 13:08 today thank you for having me Audrey 13:10 listen so they in the very show I said 13:14 make it a great day 13:15 bye y'all now today you're gonna tell us 13:18 that y'all really means something what 13:20 do you what does y'all mean okay y'all's 13:22 means the meaning of y'all's as young 13:24 adults learning life skills so you guys 13:27 see it doesn't mean just y'all cuz I'm 13:29 not I don't know how to say you all you 13:32 know what's funny is I you know I was 13:34 raised in Jersey I was I went to Jersey 13:37 when I was 12 and I spent the last 13:38 little so many years there a long time 13:41 and um even though I had spent most of 13:44 my life in Jersey people always knew I 13:46 was from somewhere else and I spent 13:48 pretty much my whole I sitting on half 13:50 my childhood mostly on my childhood and 13:52 all of my adult life pretty much 13:54 something too now injuries but any time 13:56 I open my mouth they're like where you 13:57 from and I was like my brother they 14:00 couldn't tell but me they can always 14:01 tell because I still had a sudden thing 14:03 I mean it's okay cuz I'm a southern 14:04 peach for real I'm original so it's 14:06 alright now I'm proud of that let's 14:08 shout out to my people on the bricks in 14:10 Newark 14:10 all right so Terry tell us about we're 14:13 gonna we're gonna talk about these 14:14 special needs schools first and we're 14:16 gonna talk about the yas group because I 14:17 know both of those are very important to 14:19 you tell us about the special needs 14:21 school okay so as Audrey mentioned 14:23 special needs schools of Gwinnett is a 14:25 private we are a nonprofit a 501c3 14:28 nonprofit so a private school so we 14:31 serve individuals from pre-k all the way 14:33 up to high school which 14:35 the adult basically so what what's 14:39 unique is that we are one of the only 14:41 organization that serves pre-k through 14:43 adults because now we have well we've 14:46 had the y'all's division but we've just 14:49 the past two years really really 14:50 revamped it and made it a division of 14:53 the school so as far as you know serving 14:57 someone from pre-k all the way to 14:58 adulthood that takes out a lot of 15:02 stresses a lot of darkness for the 15:04 families because right now individuals 15:08 you know with special needs age out at 15:10 22 on their 22nd birthday we have any 15:14 public school sector doesn't matter if 15:15 it's February March whenever they're 15:18 they are done right so now with the 15:20 special needs school so you said you 15:22 started pre-k all the way all the way up 15:24 to adult someone with the special needs 15:27 child what what classifiers what what 15:30 what determines of your child is special 15:32 needs learning disabilities processing 15:37 all the way you know in to autism Down 15:40 syndrome things of that nature 15:42 and so a staff that's there they're very 15:45 you know I know a couple people who have 15:47 children who are autistic and there are 15:50 different levels of participants do you 15:54 say okay any kid with autism can come in 15:56 or or they're like you know now we're 15:59 open to all over in special needs we we 16:02 have to watch obviously for aggressive 16:04 behaviors but we you know have gone 16:06 through programming and things of that 16:08 nature to be able to handle that as well 16:10 how many was the capacity for the kids 16:12 how many how many students did it does 16:14 at school we currently are capacity at 16:18 about how 55 so which brings me to the 16:22 point that we actually are finally going 16:26 to do a ground breaking where our school 16:29 building hmm so on August 27th at 1:30 16:33 we are holding the groundbreaking and 16:35 that way we can serve probably 40-plus 16:40 more additional oh yes so now when you 16:44 when you think about bringing on people 16:46 to 16:47 assist you teachers and administrators 16:49 what are you looking for because I talk 16:51 about teachers are good net has some of 16:53 the best teachers in the country right 16:55 what are you looking for what I you have 17:00 to have you have to be a special person 17:01 you do you do I know that my brother 17:04 time you should teach us like I don't 17:06 think I'd be a good teacher because you 17:08 need a lot of patience I don't have a 17:09 lot of that but what are you looking for 17:12 what are you looking for in a person 17:14 that wants to come in and help you guys 17:15 with with the kids that you serve any 17:18 young adults you know I think and I kind 17:20 of will relate it to what I look for in 17:22 a caregiver for my daughter is um you 17:25 know you want somebody that this is not 17:27 just a job this is a passion for them 17:29 because you want this to be in their 17:30 heart you have no idea what each day 17:34 each hour it's gonna be like when you 17:36 are in the special needs you know 17:38 community so you just want some money to 17:41 have you know they need to have 17:42 leadership skills they need to obviously 17:45 have a lot a lot of patience something I 17:48 don't think I could do right but just be 17:53 willing to change be willing to you know 17:54 think outside of the box and what's 17:57 gonna work for each individual because 17:59 everyone that's different 18:00 everyone let me ask you this cuz this 18:02 just came to mind I know you talked 18:03 about your daughter who's 24 24 24 when 18:07 you have a young baby how do is there a 18:10 way to is there something that a parent 18:12 can look out for to see if there could 18:14 possibly something going on there like 18:16 are there like identifiers so that is 18:20 something I do not know it's an organ is 18:22 actually my stepdaughter okay so I'm her 18:24 legal guardian so um you know I know 18:27 from listening to my husband I think it 18:29 was just the slower developing you know 18:31 she wasn't crawling she wasn't making 18:33 the sounds you know that he had seen you 18:36 know with his previous children right um 18:38 so that I really can't answer well that 18:41 was a good there's a lot of people may 18:42 not know that like I know that and some 18:45 people aren't some parents aren't denial 18:46 yeah I know someone very close to me who 18:49 has a I think he's five now but we knew 18:53 like when you know we were seeing like 18:55 hey he's three he's not talking right 18:57 and they're like all he's just you know 18:58 it's gonna take a minute but I think a 19:00 lot of parents deal with denial because 19:02 of course we all want perfect children 19:04 and not saying that a child with special 19:06 needs is not perfect they're perfect in 19:08 your own way but I think for parents a 19:10 lot of times we look at perfect as being 19:12 you know they can do everything that the 19:14 next screen do it and realistically even 19:16 if they don't have a specialty chances 19:18 already won't do everything the nickel 19:19 can do right so how do you when you're 19:22 talking to parents how do you kind of 19:24 get them to be comfortable knowing that 19:25 when they bring their child to special 19:27 needs or to y'all's to special needs 19:29 school y'alls that they're in good hands 19:31 and that the people they're 19:32 understanding because how do you talk to 19:34 like how do you get them to like 19:36 understand that this we're here for you 19:38 we're here for you we have services for 19:40 you you can relax a second how do you 19:43 get them to that point it's real hard I 19:46 mean because the you know to trust your 19:48 children but when you have someone that 19:50 has special needs and on the adult side 19:53 of it kind of what we see as to where 19:55 the parents have done everything for 19:57 years or they've been in a very isolated 19:59 classroom situation in private school to 20:02 where your teachers and peer pros we're 20:04 doing everything for them as well so we 20:06 like to you know just we have a very 20:08 open door you know come in talk to us 20:11 communicate with us you know we're gonna 20:14 do all that we can to get them to their 20:16 full level of Independence that's not in 20:20 a harsh way at all it's miraculous - you 20:24 know day to day see individuals how much 20:27 they change from when they've started 20:29 coming to now they're speaking you know 20:32 they're reaching out to other 20:34 individuals and they're you know they're 20:36 telling us what their needs are so it's 20:38 it's just it's that comfort level and 20:40 it's that structure for them I'm sure 20:42 you got do you guys have a waiting list 20:43 because I could believe that the school 20:47 has a waiting list for school aides 20:49 everything we have the hardest part of 20:53 my job with the y'alls is we right now 20:57 do not have transportation as far as you 21:00 know picking up like a bus route 21:01 Primerica American we're calling you 21:04 Primerica we saw what you did yesterday 21:08 sorry that's okay we need so it's hard 21:14 you know it kind of my thing I have been 21:16 thinking lately and it's you know these 21:18 special needs children turn into special 21:20 needs adults they don't grow out of 21:23 their disability they don't grow out of 21:26 those special needs you know they don't 21:28 have the same liberties the same choices 21:31 as you or I do right it is um you know 21:38 it's it's hard to get the community to 21:41 kind of see that really um yes it is 21:45 because and I say that because there is 21:48 a lack of programming once they age out 21:51 okay of that you know school system 21:54 right 21:55 there's there is a lack of programming 21:57 there's a lack of support for that and 22:00 there is no telling how many individuals 22:02 are just left to sit at home because 22:04 their parents have to work their parents 22:06 are also aging right all right so you 22:08 know our our goal and our mission is to 22:11 provide resources to families whether 22:12 they come to us or not so but you know 22:16 what as I sit here and listen to that 22:18 you said there is not a lot of 22:19 programming and not a lot of help but I 22:22 think that may be because I know we live 22:25 in a really great community and they're 22:27 always doing something 22:29 um and I hope hopefully this show in 22:31 this episode will let people know listen 22:33 they need your help you know that's why 22:36 I do these shoutouts they need your help 22:37 because there are people out there who 22:40 are aging out they are young adults 22:42 listen we have young adults who don't 22:44 have special needs that need your help 22:46 but Terri is talking about those who do 22:48 and I think one of the things that we 22:52 have to be open to is lending a hand and 22:55 I think we live in a great community 22:56 where that so that's that we get a lot 22:58 of that but if someone does want to lend 23:03 a hand what are you looking for what are 23:05 you looking what type of help are you 23:06 looking for I know money is always a 23:07 great thing right yes financial support 23:11 is always great and that you know what I 23:12 mentioned to you and in the email is 23:14 that you know outside of providing 23:17 scholarships you know because we don't 23:19 well 23:21 do get government funding by way of each 23:23 individual okay but most of our 23:26 individuals do not know that path 23:28 tonight one one of the things that we're 23:30 doing is trying to provide that resource 23:32 to them so we need volunteers we're out 23:35 currently in the community five days a 23:37 week I will say we have some amazing 23:39 community partners that we go and do 23:43 jobs for them okay I'm which in turn 23:45 they get back to us whether they do you 23:47 know Taekwondo with us Venis lunch 23:49 okay whatever so that's been amazing so 23:52 you know we don't have a waiting list 23:54 but it's kind of because we haven't 23:58 really been like pushing hey we need 24:00 more individuals we currently have 17 16 24:04 or full-time with three facilitators 24:07 okay we really need more responsible 24:13 adults hmm on hand when we're out in the 24:15 community just to keep them safe okay um 24:17 and it's a day a day that you won't 24:20 forget I mean it's to be around them 24:22 it's just heartwarming so what does the 24:25 scholarship and tell so if someone wants 24:26 to give the scholarship to a student a 24:29 young adult what does that mean so right 24:33 now we are current these are there are 24:36 20 it's $25 a day mm-hmm yeah as a we we 24:44 want to be able just reach and support 24:45 you know as many individuals that we can 24:47 okay um so that's $500 a month okay so 24:51 if somebody you know any any little bit 24:53 helps 24:53 um you know a lot of these families like 24:55 I said their parents are aging they're 24:57 kidding retirement age you know so their 25:00 funds are not there as they used to be 25:03 oh wow so that's that's pretty doable 25:06 twenty-five dollars listen you can give 25:08 $25 a day it takes take a young adult to 25:11 do some great things so now I know that 25:14 the special needs school has been around 25:15 for thirty thirty something I years and 25:18 y'all's is a new program how did you 25:20 guys decided to spin-off that program 25:23 the young girl's group so the the Oscar 25:27 it was actually established probably 25:28 fifteen years ago 25:30 okay and it was established because we 25:33 had an individual that went through 25:35 to be at pre-k to high school and the 25:39 family had no outlet had nowhere for 25:41 that individual to go at that time so 25:45 the director at the time you know just 25:48 said well we'll just start an adult 25:50 program hmm so the last two or three 25:53 years we've really worked hard to make 25:55 it a division and to make it a true 25:58 adult program to where they have 26:01 community inclusion 26:02 okay I'm to where they're learning 26:03 skills you know to where they have a 26:07 program that supports them as an adult 26:09 okay so now you talked about Morgan how 26:13 long have had how can I say this so 26:17 don't sound crazy how long have you been 26:19 Morgan stepmother I know you're gonna 26:22 get me in trouble so I've been Morgan 26:23 stepmom for seven years my husband and I 26:27 dated we have a little little chuckle 26:31 about that so we dated for quite a while 26:32 okay so now you came into a marriage 26:35 with the with the daughter with special 26:37 needs how was that when you were not 26:40 that used to handling a situation like 26:43 that our parenting it was tough at times 26:46 it was tough at times but um you know 26:49 we've we've we've learned to deal with 26:51 each other you know the the hard thing 26:53 is you know she's 24 mm-hmm she she has 27:00 the feelings that we do as adults and 27:03 doesn't want to be told what to do 27:05 doesn't you know doesn't want to be 27:07 complete you know nag that all the time 27:08 don't want to be told no hmm 27:11 so that's why programs like this are 27:14 great for these individuals because it 27:16 gets them away from their parents that 27:17 are next 27:19 you know that division during the day 27:22 gives them an outlet but also gives 27:24 their parents that respect and that's 27:26 that's nice because I you know I don't 27:28 have a special needs child at home but I 27:31 have two seniors my mom and my uncle and 27:35 it's so funny because I'm running two 27:37 doctors you know they go into their 27:40 moods where they want to argue with each 27:41 other they're brother and sister 27:43 right and they want to argue with each 27:45 other and so my my daughter says maybe 27:46 you should put cameras in the house and 27:48 stand your own reality TV show because 27:50 they are hilarious and so I get it but I 27:53 sometimes I just need to you know yep 27:55 just take a break take a break and you 27:58 know and I'll go to Barnes & Noble which 28:00 is one of my favorite places and oh I 28:03 just my husband I go to Lake Oconee and 28:05 just relax 28:05 right and but you need that sometimes 28:07 and so I know for we have a special 28:10 needs child they you have to have a lot 28:12 of patience and it's a lot of work 28:14 sometimes it's depending on the level of 28:16 you know need your child has I know I 28:19 had my cousin she had a special-needs 28:21 child but she gave him up she gave him 28:24 to another cousin she couldn't do it 28:25 right and my that cousin she was a lot 28:27 like older never had children he's very 28:30 loving she even took care of me my mom 28:32 was working two or three jobs much 28:34 because she was a single parent and she 28:36 passed away in November we love her and 28:37 miss her so much 28:38 but she had my cousin since he was a 28:41 baby and I knew when I when I saw him he 28:45 was calling it but he was he was 28:47 crawling and then he was walking like 28:49 the next year I saw but he was reading 28:51 and I said she didn't know cuz she was a 28:55 lot older she was in her in her 60s and 28:59 she didn't know and so I was playing 29:01 that baby's reading and she's like yeah 29:04 he does it all the time and I was like 29:06 there's something special about this kid 29:08 right and as he got older we realized 29:10 okay he is a special-needs child but 29:12 he's a hot he's on the high intelligent 29:14 in right but you could tell there's a 29:16 little something different yeah right he 29:18 reads very well he's very helpful with 29:20 very loving but he's very hyper 29:21 sometimes he has a hyper thing going on 29:24 but when it comes to like I was like oh 29:26 my god so I said to her you have to 29:27 really watch him and nurture that 29:30 because he is very special he has a 29:34 little bit of something going on there 29:35 but he's very smart and so she started 29:38 to watch it they got him test he does 29:39 amazing in school right but you can tell 29:42 us a little bit something different and 29:43 I think what made me pay attention to 29:45 that a lot my daughter went to college 29:47 and she said to me and she called me 29:49 when I said oh my god you have got to 29:51 watch the Temple Grandin story she said 29:53 you will love it and I did and if any of 29:56 you have never watched a Temple Grandin 29:58 story you got to watch it it's gonna 30:00 change your if you've never been around 30:03 anyone with special needs and you want 30:05 to kind of understand it just a little 30:07 bit she was extremely smart but she had 30:11 special needs she didn't like walking 30:13 through doors like that was a thing for 30:15 her like she would freak out yet that 30:17 she didn't want you to touch her but she 30:19 liked being hugged you gotta watch it 30:21 it's a great movie it's called a temper 30:22 Temple Grandin story and it's a great 30:25 movie she had special needs but she was 30:26 so smart and when I saw she's still 30:29 living by the way but you can if you 30:31 watch that story you're gonna understand 30:32 how she changed the cattle the cattle um 30:36 what do you call a branding system it 30:39 was a great story but anyway so tell us 30:42 about some of the programs that if I had 30:44 a special-needs child and I wanted to 30:46 put an enroll them in a special needs 30:47 school or the arts program what are some 30:49 of the programs that you guys offer 30:50 there on a daily basis program its 30:53 meaning and services well I mean the the 30:57 y'alls group believe the young adults is 30:59 that is the day program so it's a 31:01 community access group as far as you 31:04 know the pre-k through high school and 31:07 they are scho at a school they are 31:10 learning they have a curriculum okay 31:12 okay 31:13 so I cuz you know I'm thinking they're 31:15 like you're not I'm thinking about like 31:16 a adult daycare kind of situation is it 31:19 not like that or is it you're not a take 31:21 care okay no they care yeah okay no they 31:27 they are you know it like I said it's 31:29 amazing to see you know we we are kind 31:32 of refusing to split up into more 31:35 independent less independent you know 31:36 when we go out onto jobs because and I 31:39 just read a study about this the other 31:40 day it's you know when you play someone 31:44 that is less independent with someone 31:46 that's higher independent they kind of 31:48 feed off of each other and so we have 31:51 seen growth in individuals that you know 31:54 again we're nonverbal you know wouldn't 31:58 do anything would just sit in the chair 31:59 but with us taking them out you know 32:03 they're now starting to take part in 32:06 activities so you know one of the great 32:10 things I think I'm into more working 32:11 with dog with assisted living and 32:13 Grayson right two days a week and just 32:16 you know we're working in their dining 32:17 hall rolling silverware and that's great 32:20 for them you know it's um fine motor 32:22 skills as well as just you know learning 32:24 tasks and helping out right but also you 32:27 know talking to residents playing games 32:29 with the residents I'm just kind of 32:30 filling that void for them as well see 32:32 that's nice and I think that's really 32:34 important because like you said like if 32:35 they're sitting home with their parents 32:36 parents don't really have a lot of time 32:38 to pay attention so they kind of just 32:39 let them do put them there and kind of 32:42 said you kind of look like anything with 32:43 any child yet parent is busy the parent 32:45 is busy the kid is sitting in front of 32:47 television and they're learning from the 32:48 TV so the fact that they're out there 32:51 and what's interesting about what you 32:52 said in that study we put them with 32:54 people that a little bit different or 32:56 higher at a higher level in there and 32:58 they kind of start to mimic that that's 33:00 what anybody yes 33:02 that's what anybody that's what I that's 33:09 right right so that's that's amazing I 33:13 never thought about that so now I know 33:16 you guys have some events coming up we 33:19 do let's talk about them again special 33:22 needs schools of Gwinnett our 33:23 groundbreaking is on August 27th at 1:30 33:26 we invite anyone in the community to 33:28 come we'd be excited to see you it's a 33:30 great monument is day for us and then 33:33 for the yas group we are actually 33:35 partnering with two other Adult Day 33:37 programs that are phenomenal 33:39 organizations about the same size as us 33:41 the exceptional foundation of Atlanta 33:44 and friends you need are also known as 33:46 the fun Club I think I talked about them 33:50 one color yes I have bring you neat I 33:52 did talk about okay great individuals so 33:55 we you know I kind of thought 33:57 you know it's not a competition right 34:00 now we all have the same mission we all 34:02 have the same focus we you know if if I 34:05 can't help an individual they don't fit 34:07 in with our group then I'm gonna pass 34:08 them on to these guys you know and I 34:11 feel like we need more of that you know 34:12 we need we want to reach as many 34:14 individuals that we possibly can support 34:16 mm-hmm all three of our organizations 34:19 you know depend heavily on community 34:23 support financial support you know to 34:25 continue to grow so our 5k charity run 34:29 walk or roll probably roll or you can 34:34 just you can virtually ghost walk what 34:39 is that that's not why I just get a 34:41 t-shirt and you pay the entry fee okay 34:43 so how much is the entry fee $30 $30 yes 34:46 so you can ghosts walk which means you 34:48 could pay the $30 for the entry fee oh 34:50 you can come out and run I'll play a 34:52 walk yeah I don't know about running I 34:53 have these really bad knees so I don't 34:56 know about that you know you said 34:57 something very interesting you said we 35:00 work together we're not it's not a 35:01 competition for us and that's what I 35:04 think a lot of businesses only need to 35:06 start to look at like strategic 35:07 partnerships and collaborations because 35:09 if you're strong in one area and you 35:12 have a you have a part in they're strong 35:13 in another area you guys can help each 35:14 other out so now what do you look are 35:16 you looking for more collaborative 35:17 partners in this in this space we are 35:20 yes so when you look for a clowder 35:22 partner what exactly are you looking for 35:24 in a partnership your time out for the 35:26 all yes so we you know any anything that 35:31 we can do that teaches them a skill that 35:34 gives them something different to do 35:35 during the day from paper shredding you 35:38 know we we go and we clean all of the 35:41 windows at Rose Jordan Park you know we 35:44 work with Dacula family sports just you 35:49 know we just we just want to be able to 35:50 help we just want to feel welcome you 35:54 know we would you know love you know to 35:57 build volunteers from that as well in 36:01 which you know our partners have been 36:02 great to where we can send a group with 36:04 you know one individual that works there 36:06 and they they're fine you know they do 36:09 great with them 36:10 there's an organization and I talk about 36:12 them way early on I must have been 36:15 episode 2 it was way early on boat she 36:18 had an organization and she did these 36:20 paintings sips mobile parties and you 36:23 could you could actually pay for her to 36:27 go out and do a paint and sip mobile 36:32 party and I thought that was really cool 36:35 and but it was it had a non-profit piece 36:37 too and I can't remember I want I think 36:40 I think what it was if if you held a 36:43 party the paintings were donated it 36:46 canvases for a cause yes Melissa yeah 36:51 Melissa and I talked about Melissa I 36:53 can't remember that's what it was 36:54 canvases for calls so I'm I think that's 36:58 a nicely done and that's what that was 37:01 like that was my question like had 37:03 you've done something like that okay oh 37:06 my light actually used to work with 37:08 Melissa and stopping oh nice guys okay I 37:12 didn't know that yeah yeah and being in 37:14 this you know being the director and 37:17 just kind of you know reaching out the 37:18 individuals and showing me that there 37:21 are still good people out yes there are 37:22 so people that would give their time and 37:24 their resources yeah to where day to day 37:27 you really could kind of not think that 37:30 yeah there are I talk to a lot of them 37:32 and some people they just don't know 37:35 where to give and how to give that's why 37:37 I'm always when I do the shout out sorry 37:39 I give the website there's a telephone 37:40 number I get back like listen if you 37:42 can't get on the internet call them 37:44 right here's a telephone number you know 37:46 here's an email for somebody because I 37:48 know that there are people who are 37:49 listening who want to give they just 37:51 don't know how to give right I don't 37:53 know if they can't give I think the more 37:54 I expand this show especially when it 37:57 comes to putting mobile apps on people 37:58 phone and I said hey listen today my 38:00 guest is gonna be that goes directly to 38:02 somebody's phone they're listening to 38:04 the show and they'll be able to say you 38:05 know what I want to give and hopefully 38:07 what I could probably do nothing I'm 38:08 thinking about it is included giving 38:10 link inside that episode right when I 38:13 doin every you know when I started to 38:14 get more people to download the apps not 38:16 this is me thinking right now like I'm 38:18 just thinking how can I be of more help 38:20 to organizations like by y'all's and 38:22 special needs schools and canvasses for 38:24 purpose and all these grateful calls and 38:27 all these great organizations that I 38:28 shout out so that's something I'm gonna 38:30 have to think about right I can add a 38:32 link to that episode inside the episode 38:34 inside the app okay all right the bridge 38:38 the gap I'm sorry is October 19th at 38:41 swanee Town Center now what is that the 38:44 bridge get bridge the gap is the 5k run 38:46 okay okay that's with the three 38:48 organizations and it's October October 38:50 19th okay October the 19th so they got a 38:53 lot of lot of events that that are going 38:55 on if you want to know more about those 38:57 event they can contact you Harrell okay 39:01 they can't okay so my email address is 39:04 yall's y al LS at special needs schools 39:08 org all right there's y'all's listen not 39:12 my y'all so if you want to go out of 39:15 support Terry and yaws and special needs 39:17 school please do they got great events 39:19 coming up so make sure if you want to 39:21 come out and support them with the 39:22 groundbreaking that's gonna be September 39:24 I mean August 1 7:30 august 27 at 1:30 39:28 and where's it gonna be located 660 39:31 Davis Road in Lawrenceville go out show 39:33 some support and if you want to support 39:36 the organization by making a donation 39:37 being a volunteer or if you have an 39:40 organization you want to bring doing the 39:42 young adults over to help you do some 39:44 things go to y'all's group org and and 39:47 fill out the information there or send 39:49 their email they're always loved to be 39:52 able to shout out and spotlight 39:54 organization if you know of any more 39:55 back you know that in Winnetka county 39:58 please let them know that to contact me 39:59 and i'll do the same things that i'm a 40:02 shadow and let people know what they're 40:04 doing the great work listen these people 40:05 giver themselves this is it's not easy 40:08 work all the time but it's rewarding and 40:11 they need your support you can do a 40:12 scholarship $500 a month or just $25 for 40:16 a day I'm gonna do mine so you should do 40:18 yours too 40:19 listen it's Thursday you know what it is 40:21 it's all I got play today I'll be back 40:23 again on Monday God willing but before I 40:26 go I'm gonna play one last song 40:29 come back and give you the inspiration 40:30 of the day and then I'm gonna go alright 40:33 stay tuned y'all hi sound like I'm bite 40:38 [Music] 40:46 [Music] 40:54 everybody seems to know that I I'm the 40:58 one who wants the light and it got me 41:01 lost everybody says 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