Jess Weiner

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 078: Cultural Changemaker Jess Weiner on Becoming a Successful Advocate · 10 Oct 2017 podcast

I'm angry, this I wasn't included in this, or my family wasn't included in this, or I need to fight for my rights.

So we we we feel angry because we have to fight, right?

And and we feel fearful, but

And anger is a great fuel for advocates.

And I actually think it's a great tactic, but it's not the only tactic.

You know, sometimes if you're talking about the education system.

You know, as much as you may not want to as an advocate, you're gonna have to become part, you know, educator and inspiration in chief to get people on your side to understand and see your point of view.

I look at these tactics very similarly to I look at a marketing or PR tactic.

You know, you're trying to change a person's point of view, whether they're your insurance auditor, whether they're your teacher, whether they're your neighbor, whether they're the parent of a friend.

you're trying to change someone's POV and you're gonna have to use many different ways to do that.

Well, I first of all I feel very much for the the moments of that pushback because I know that that can feel devastating for people.

But here's what I would say.

The way that I negotiate when I'm advocating is like I do when I'm going to buy a car.

It's like I know what I need to get and my job is to get you to give that to me.

And so

One of the things that I would say is like even in the language that you use.

So for instance, like let's say teacher has sent home a note and they're not offering the accommodations that you feel are necessary for your child to be successful in that class.

You could handle this a number of different ways.

But I would say one of the ways a tactic could be to come in to say,

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