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Caden McElwain

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
189 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

One, you gotta work for a big-name client, and for another, politics to be exact, you can make it big, depending on the politician, but you have to throw away your morals, and that's just not the type of person I am. So, I think now I want to work for a non-profit organization centered around autism, so I can continue the advocacy work I'm doing now.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

One, you gotta work for a big-name client, and for another, politics to be exact, you can make it big, depending on the politician, but you have to throw away your morals, and that's just not the type of person I am. So, I think now I want to work for a non-profit organization centered around autism, so I can continue the advocacy work I'm doing now.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Third year, actually. I just finished off my sophomore year, and I got my fourth consecutive Dean's List in a row last semester.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Third year, actually. I just finished off my sophomore year, and I got my fourth consecutive Dean's List in a row last semester.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Third year, actually. I just finished off my sophomore year, and I got my fourth consecutive Dean's List in a row last semester.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Well, I was mainly focused on completing high school. We all moved down there as a family. Then COVID hit and everything was online, as you know. So in a way, the online thing was a blessing in disguise for me because I didn't have to worry about

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Well, I was mainly focused on completing high school. We all moved down there as a family. Then COVID hit and everything was online, as you know. So in a way, the online thing was a blessing in disguise for me because I didn't have to worry about

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

Well, I was mainly focused on completing high school. We all moved down there as a family. Then COVID hit and everything was online, as you know. So in a way, the online thing was a blessing in disguise for me because I didn't have to worry about

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

the stigmas didn't have to worry about the bullying and being treated unfairly it was just me and the computer and thanks to the online education i got i ended up graduating a couple months early on valentine's day of 2022 to be exact so over the years you've had to deal with bullying and all those type of things what are the challenges that you deal with today has anything changed there

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

the stigmas didn't have to worry about the bullying and being treated unfairly it was just me and the computer and thanks to the online education i got i ended up graduating a couple months early on valentine's day of 2022 to be exact so over the years you've had to deal with bullying and all those type of things what are the challenges that you deal with today has anything changed there

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

the stigmas didn't have to worry about the bullying and being treated unfairly it was just me and the computer and thanks to the online education i got i ended up graduating a couple months early on valentine's day of 2022 to be exact so over the years you've had to deal with bullying and all those type of things what are the challenges that you deal with today has anything changed there

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

About the same stuff as when I was a teenager, the social stuff, taking things literally, not understanding facial expressions as much as I said, and honestly, holding grudges against people for a while over stupid stuff. I can't go into the details of one of those grudges out of respect for those involved, but those are the main things. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

About the same stuff as when I was a teenager, the social stuff, taking things literally, not understanding facial expressions as much as I said, and honestly, holding grudges against people for a while over stupid stuff. I can't go into the details of one of those grudges out of respect for those involved, but those are the main things. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

About the same stuff as when I was a teenager, the social stuff, taking things literally, not understanding facial expressions as much as I said, and honestly, holding grudges against people for a while over stupid stuff. I can't go into the details of one of those grudges out of respect for those involved, but those are the main things. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

I've been really focused on my mental health and self-esteem this year particularly. I've been going to therapy, working out, trying to eat better. I was able to kick energy during to help improve my mental and physical well-being. Next is coffee and fast food. That's great. Eating healthy is a very good thing. I'm not going to be 20 years old forever.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

I've been really focused on my mental health and self-esteem this year particularly. I've been going to therapy, working out, trying to eat better. I was able to kick energy during to help improve my mental and physical well-being. Next is coffee and fast food. That's great. Eating healthy is a very good thing. I'm not going to be 20 years old forever.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

I've been really focused on my mental health and self-esteem this year particularly. I've been going to therapy, working out, trying to eat better. I was able to kick energy during to help improve my mental and physical well-being. Next is coffee and fast food. That's great. Eating healthy is a very good thing. I'm not going to be 20 years old forever.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

So it's important to me to focus on my mental health and physical health now so I can live a prosperous, happy life later.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

So it's important to me to focus on my mental health and physical health now so I can live a prosperous, happy life later.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Kadin McElwain: Conquering Autism Through Family Support, Advocacy, and Digital Storytelling โ€“ An Inspiring Journey of Personal Growth and Resilience

So it's important to me to focus on my mental health and physical health now so I can live a prosperous, happy life later.