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Tanya

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And as a teacher, because my profession is a teacher, I felt helpless. Unable to provide the support my son, even in the school where I worked as a principal, my colleagues had no experience with teaching autistic children. Again, I want to remind before 30 years. When Rade was about 10, we learned that he had a diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder. We were surprised, of course, but it made sense.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And as a teacher, because my profession is a teacher, I felt helpless. Unable to provide the support my son, even in the school where I worked as a principal, my colleagues had no experience with teaching autistic children. Again, I want to remind before 30 years. When Rade was about 10, we learned that he had a diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder. We were surprised, of course, but it made sense.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

In this time, I started looking for help, but there weren't many places in Bulgaria that could help children like Radi. I am a teacher. I wanted to help my son too much. For me, Rady is unique, like all children on the autism spectrum. And looking for better education for him, I started working on projects to create inclusive learning environments for autistic children.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

In this time, I started looking for help, but there weren't many places in Bulgaria that could help children like Radi. I am a teacher. I wanted to help my son too much. For me, Rady is unique, like all children on the autism spectrum. And looking for better education for him, I started working on projects to create inclusive learning environments for autistic children.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

In this time, I started looking for help, but there weren't many places in Bulgaria that could help children like Radi. I am a teacher. I wanted to help my son too much. For me, Rady is unique, like all children on the autism spectrum. And looking for better education for him, I started working on projects to create inclusive learning environments for autistic children.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

I wanted to make schools better for children with autism because in Bulgaria, our teachers, my colleagues, were not prepared to work with children In this period, of course. Now maybe they are prepared. Because of my educational project, I visited a lot of countries to learn how they included children of the autism spectrum.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

I wanted to make schools better for children with autism because in Bulgaria, our teachers, my colleagues, were not prepared to work with children In this period, of course. Now maybe they are prepared. Because of my educational project, I visited a lot of countries to learn how they included children of the autism spectrum.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

I wanted to make schools better for children with autism because in Bulgaria, our teachers, my colleagues, were not prepared to work with children In this period, of course. Now maybe they are prepared. Because of my educational project, I visited a lot of countries to learn how they included children of the autism spectrum.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And the projects aim to train teachers, improve classrooms, and provide support for families. And this experience changed everything for me. They helped me create strategies to support not just Radhi but other children with similar challenges in the school where I was principal. It was really helpful. Radhi grew older. But his speech therapy showed only small improvements.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And the projects aim to train teachers, improve classrooms, and provide support for families. And this experience changed everything for me. They helped me create strategies to support not just Radhi but other children with similar challenges in the school where I was principal. It was really helpful. Radhi grew older. But his speech therapy showed only small improvements.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And the projects aim to train teachers, improve classrooms, and provide support for families. And this experience changed everything for me. They helped me create strategies to support not just Radhi but other children with similar challenges in the school where I was principal. It was really helpful. Radhi grew older. But his speech therapy showed only small improvements.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And school was very difficult for him. He often cried and couldn't stay there for a long time without me because he wants to be with me, only with me inside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And school was very difficult for him. He often cried and couldn't stay there for a long time without me because he wants to be with me, only with me inside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

And school was very difficult for him. He often cried and couldn't stay there for a long time without me because he wants to be with me, only with me inside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

Since Bulgaria didn't have enough resources, I decided to look for help abroad. Our first move was to Slovakia, where Radi attended a school for autistic children. In Bratislava, we got a diagnosis of atypical autism. Even though he didn't speak Slovak, our language is a little bit similar, he started learning some words and used an English-based system there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

Since Bulgaria didn't have enough resources, I decided to look for help abroad. Our first move was to Slovakia, where Radi attended a school for autistic children. In Bratislava, we got a diagnosis of atypical autism. Even though he didn't speak Slovak, our language is a little bit similar, he started learning some words and used an English-based system there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

Since Bulgaria didn't have enough resources, I decided to look for help abroad. Our first move was to Slovakia, where Radi attended a school for autistic children. In Bratislava, we got a diagnosis of atypical autism. Even though he didn't speak Slovak, our language is a little bit similar, he started learning some words and used an English-based system there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

For the first time, my son participated in school activities and spent time away from me. He even joined cultural events with his teachers. He started to learn and make friends. This gave us hope for his future. But when my term as the director of the Bulgarian school in Slovakia ended, we returned to Bulgaria for a short time.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

For the first time, my son participated in school activities and spent time away from me. He even joined cultural events with his teachers. He started to learn and make friends. This gave us hope for his future. But when my term as the director of the Bulgarian school in Slovakia ended, we returned to Bulgaria for a short time.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education

For the first time, my son participated in school activities and spent time away from me. He even joined cultural events with his teachers. He started to learn and make friends. This gave us hope for his future. But when my term as the director of the Bulgarian school in Slovakia ended, we returned to Bulgaria for a short time.