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Joan Lipinski

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
216 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

This has affected our family greatly. And, you know, I mean, we're fortunate in that we have a family to support her. You know, I listen to her stories, and it's so sad, the people that have no one to fight for them. So I say, well, you tell them, once I take care of you, I fight for everybody. But right now, I'm just trying to save your life.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

This has affected our family greatly. And, you know, I mean, we're fortunate in that we have a family to support her. You know, I listen to her stories, and it's so sad, the people that have no one to fight for them. So I say, well, you tell them, once I take care of you, I fight for everybody. But right now, I'm just trying to save your life.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

This has affected our family greatly. And, you know, I mean, we're fortunate in that we have a family to support her. You know, I listen to her stories, and it's so sad, the people that have no one to fight for them. So I say, well, you tell them, once I take care of you, I fight for everybody. But right now, I'm just trying to save your life.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So my next step is right now, I fly to Texas three times a month to get her out of the facility for a couple hours to get her out of the toxic environment to spend time with me. But it's so hard. I mean, she's still crying. It's a year later. She's still crying. You can't touch them. You can't, you know, console them. All you can do is sit and talk to them and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So my next step is right now, I fly to Texas three times a month to get her out of the facility for a couple hours to get her out of the toxic environment to spend time with me. But it's so hard. I mean, she's still crying. It's a year later. She's still crying. You can't touch them. You can't, you know, console them. All you can do is sit and talk to them and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So my next step is right now, I fly to Texas three times a month to get her out of the facility for a couple hours to get her out of the toxic environment to spend time with me. But it's so hard. I mean, she's still crying. It's a year later. She's still crying. You can't touch them. You can't, you know, console them. All you can do is sit and talk to them and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Just tell them you're going to make it. Just keep pushing through. You know, but they don't understand her physical issue, and they keep wanting her to work, and she can't. She can't make it through visitations with me because she's in so much pain. And then mentally, the crying is just really difficult, and she tries to hide the crying, but she can't. And for her, it's begging and pleading.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Just tell them you're going to make it. Just keep pushing through. You know, but they don't understand her physical issue, and they keep wanting her to work, and she can't. She can't make it through visitations with me because she's in so much pain. And then mentally, the crying is just really difficult, and she tries to hide the crying, but she can't. And for her, it's begging and pleading.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Just tell them you're going to make it. Just keep pushing through. You know, but they don't understand her physical issue, and they keep wanting her to work, and she can't. She can't make it through visitations with me because she's in so much pain. And then mentally, the crying is just really difficult, and she tries to hide the crying, but she can't. And for her, it's begging and pleading.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

It's constant begging and pleading. I need to be home. I can't do this anymore. You know, they're going to just let me die in here. I want to be with my family. I miss everybody. I mean, she wasn't allowed to go to any, for those three years, she couldn't go to like any funerals or weddings or anything like that. She was, you know, confined to an area.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

It's constant begging and pleading. I need to be home. I can't do this anymore. You know, they're going to just let me die in here. I want to be with my family. I miss everybody. I mean, she wasn't allowed to go to any, for those three years, she couldn't go to like any funerals or weddings or anything like that. She was, you know, confined to an area.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

It's constant begging and pleading. I need to be home. I can't do this anymore. You know, they're going to just let me die in here. I want to be with my family. I miss everybody. I mean, she wasn't allowed to go to any, for those three years, she couldn't go to like any funerals or weddings or anything like that. She was, you know, confined to an area.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So for four years, she hasn't been allowed to do anything. And for a mistake, a mistake that she made, not intentional, no maliciousness for a mistake.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So for four years, she hasn't been allowed to do anything. And for a mistake, a mistake that she made, not intentional, no maliciousness for a mistake.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

So for four years, she hasn't been allowed to do anything. And for a mistake, a mistake that she made, not intentional, no maliciousness for a mistake.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Yeah, I think, like I said, I had gotten involved with another group years ago. And I know one thing that someone told me, and I was reminded when I went to Washington, if you have people that come and tell you what the problem is and they're in front of you, they have to listen to you. And it's usually something they don't know about.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Yeah, I think, like I said, I had gotten involved with another group years ago. And I know one thing that someone told me, and I was reminded when I went to Washington, if you have people that come and tell you what the problem is and they're in front of you, they have to listen to you. And it's usually something they don't know about.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

Yeah, I think, like I said, I had gotten involved with another group years ago. And I know one thing that someone told me, and I was reminded when I went to Washington, if you have people that come and tell you what the problem is and they're in front of you, they have to listen to you. And it's usually something they don't know about.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

And if they hear from someone else the same thing and hear from someone else the same thing, then you start to get their ear pierced. And I know, you know, the women who were praying at the abortion clinics who got arrested, some of them were in there with Michelle. You know, the 70- and 80-year-old women were in there with her.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Joan Lipinski : Battles for Her Autistic Daughter's Freedom

And if they hear from someone else the same thing and hear from someone else the same thing, then you start to get their ear pierced. And I know, you know, the women who were praying at the abortion clinics who got arrested, some of them were in there with Michelle. You know, the 70- and 80-year-old women were in there with her.