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Jess Tuff

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
186 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

really is like a sense of hell like a torture to intuitively feel you are doing what's best and to the best of your knowledge to your abilities what I was doing would work she would we'd go in the car I turn on the AC and start driving and she'd be totally fine It was so confusing. There was a lot of shame. Their parents have a hard job.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And society doesn't always support them in the way that it should. It was hard. I did a weird thing during the hardest part of it. I really internalized most of it. I'm an introvert, naturally. I like my quiet time. I like my peaceful time alone to reflect. So I did that a lot. Once I had clarification of what was going on, it was like being set free.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And society doesn't always support them in the way that it should. It was hard. I did a weird thing during the hardest part of it. I really internalized most of it. I'm an introvert, naturally. I like my quiet time. I like my peaceful time alone to reflect. So I did that a lot. Once I had clarification of what was going on, it was like being set free.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And society doesn't always support them in the way that it should. It was hard. I did a weird thing during the hardest part of it. I really internalized most of it. I'm an introvert, naturally. I like my quiet time. I like my peaceful time alone to reflect. So I did that a lot. Once I had clarification of what was going on, it was like being set free.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I felt confident speaking up and out about it because I had the answer key. It wasn't me relying on I'm right and all the people are wrong just because I think I'm right. Because as we know, everyone has different perspectives. What one person thinks is real for them. So what is our reality?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I felt confident speaking up and out about it because I had the answer key. It wasn't me relying on I'm right and all the people are wrong just because I think I'm right. Because as we know, everyone has different perspectives. What one person thinks is real for them. So what is our reality?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I felt confident speaking up and out about it because I had the answer key. It wasn't me relying on I'm right and all the people are wrong just because I think I'm right. Because as we know, everyone has different perspectives. What one person thinks is real for them. So what is our reality?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

With the school, I think I was as close to blowing my gasket as I've ever been before. During the battle for my daughter, the treatment, it was, and it didn't make any sense. Like, I'm a really nice person. I remember even telling them that people like me normally, but this isn't right before we got the assessment done. I had enough of feeling like I was feeling. I had enough of being angry.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

With the school, I think I was as close to blowing my gasket as I've ever been before. During the battle for my daughter, the treatment, it was, and it didn't make any sense. Like, I'm a really nice person. I remember even telling them that people like me normally, but this isn't right before we got the assessment done. I had enough of feeling like I was feeling. I had enough of being angry.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

With the school, I think I was as close to blowing my gasket as I've ever been before. During the battle for my daughter, the treatment, it was, and it didn't make any sense. Like, I'm a really nice person. I remember even telling them that people like me normally, but this isn't right before we got the assessment done. I had enough of feeling like I was feeling. I had enough of being angry.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And I didn't want to hate anyone.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And I didn't want to hate anyone.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

And I didn't want to hate anyone.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I remember one day I went to the school. Brought my mom. I asked the principal for a meeting. I sat down. I cried. I apologized. I let them win. I just didn't want that anymore in my life. When we got the diagnosis, it was more peace. I didn't feel a need to say anything anymore because everything changed. It all changed.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I remember one day I went to the school. Brought my mom. I asked the principal for a meeting. I sat down. I cried. I apologized. I let them win. I just didn't want that anymore in my life. When we got the diagnosis, it was more peace. I didn't feel a need to say anything anymore because everything changed. It all changed.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I remember one day I went to the school. Brought my mom. I asked the principal for a meeting. I sat down. I cried. I apologized. I let them win. I just didn't want that anymore in my life. When we got the diagnosis, it was more peace. I didn't feel a need to say anything anymore because everything changed. It all changed.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

It says a lot about how people greet each other when they don't know anything about each other, judgments. There were a lot of things that happened and it places a lot of self-doubt in you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

It says a lot about how people greet each other when they don't know anything about each other, judgments. There were a lot of things that happened and it places a lot of self-doubt in you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

It says a lot about how people greet each other when they don't know anything about each other, judgments. There were a lot of things that happened and it places a lot of self-doubt in you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

what the parents go through, they deserve to be treated like they are the most important person in that child's life because they are. Teachers are temporary. Teachers teach the way that they teach. There are great teachers that can meet lots of different needs. But when it comes down to it, it's a teacher teaching students that all learn differently because we're all unique.