As you may know, I was featured in a movie produced by my
brother, called “Lost Child?”. You can learn about it here: Lost Child? Movie
After
production wrapped up, I was given an opportunity to speak to a group of
students at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. After a screening of the movie, we
offered the students a time to ask questions.
Since then, I have had at least
five additional opportunities to talk to small groups about the movie. I have
also spoken at an annual meeting in Illinois called Speak Up/Speak Out, where I
answered questions from very large groups.
Now I would like to have opportunities to
talk to parents of younger children with disabilities and to reinforce how
important it is for them to open up at a younger age - the sooner the better. I
would like them to know that they can open up to their parents when they feel
something is just not right, and about getting them to express what is on their
mind about what they see in the world.
A lot of times, these people end up
having one or two magnificent talents in their lives (like a gift from God). I
was given the gift of having a talent for public speaking; other people may
have a talent in math, knowing about nature, etc.
I know that my gift has
helped me out a lot as a confidence booster, a real pat on the back. I am
looking forward to finding out about potential speaking engagements in the
future.
Until next time…
Alyssa
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