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Chapter 1: What insights does Tanner Smith share about living on the autism spectrum?
What would you want a parent raising a child with autism to know? It might take time for their children to learn, but they'll learn. I want to tell you both, I'm thankful for all the things I have.
Everybody needs a little touch of Tanner.
There is a new season coming out. Yes, sir. There is a new season coming out. And will you be part of that season? You'll have to wait and see. Oh, gosh. Yeah, we get older every day.
Got more wrinkles, that's okay. Yeah, we're laughing when we age. Life is like a comedy stage. And that's what we got land.
Hey everybody, I'm Kim Holderness.
And I'm Ben Holderness. We're so excited about this episode of Laugh Lines.
Yes. If you are old enough to start commenting about how it smells after the rain, then you're a home.
Or if your knee gets a little bit swollen right before it starts raining, you're like, hop, here it comes.
Has that happened to you?
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Chapter 2: How can parents support children with autism effectively?
Today, the theme of the show is joy and how to find joy because that is what Tanner Smith brings to the world. But first, we're going to go to the laugh lines because you keep sending us these misheard song lyrics.
Are we the people who you send that to now? I love it. Natalie from Texas in our inbox saying, since I know you love Taylor Swift, I thought y'all might get a laugh from this. The first time I heard the fate of Ophelia on the radio, I thought these were the words. You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from Darth Vader, Ophelia. Now I can't unhear it. I hope you'll listen and agree.
Whenever I hear the song now, I try to come up with scenarios in which Ophelia saves someone from Darth Vader. That's exactly what it sounds like.
That is exactly what it sounds like.
To be fair, I didn't know what Taylor was saying anyway.
What is she actually saying?
Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.
Oh, the name of this song.
So we should have known it because it's the name of the song.
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Chapter 3: What role does gratitude play in Tanner's outlook on life?
Where does your joy come from?
My friends and family and God. And I'm so thankful for myself. And I'm thankful for everything I have.
Oh my gosh. That is so perfect.
Yeah. Yeah.
Is that perfect? So you think that joy comes not from you, but from the people around you?
Yes. I think joy comes from that, not just from me, but, but, but from the people around me.
All right. So you've talked a lot about autism. You've become a spokesperson for, for, for all of the wonders of autism. Yes. How, how would you describe autism?
My autism, it makes my brain work a little differently. It makes me learn differently. And I have strong interest in things. I'm obsessed about them. But not in a bad way. I just love them.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What are Tanner's daily routines and how do they contribute to his joy?
That's so cool, Mr. Penn. I have very long arms. You do have long arms. I do. Except pterodactyls don't have arms.
They have wings.
Oh, you got me there. Oh, busted. But technically they're like little hands inside their wings.
Exactly. They have little hands inside their wings.
Yeah. Would you want to be around when the dinosaurs were around? Yes, some of them. Yeah. So like the nice ones. The nice ones. Like a brontosaurus or a brachiosaurus. Yeah, a polysaurus, an ultrasaurus. Yeah. You are an expert on dinosaurs.
Hey, hey, you know, I'm glad I'm a dinosaur expert because I teach my friends dinosaur facts. Yeah. That is so cool. Yes. Is that cool?
What is something about autism that you wish more people understood?
I wish people understood that people thought them need to need some time and they need, they need purpose. It might take, take time for them to learn, but, but they'll learn.
So purpose, that's such a, like a key word there, right? Right. Do you feel like you're finding your purpose?
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Chapter 5: How does Tanner define his purpose and aspirations for the future?
Tanner, you live on your own? Yes, sir. I live on my own. You've got a job. Can you tell us just what your normal day looks like?
Yes, sir. I wake up at six o'clock and I'll eat breakfast and I'll make my bed and I'll get dressed and I'll brush my teeth and I'll go straight to work and I'll get done at one o'clock and I'll eat lunch and
And I'll go on a walk and listen to my music and I'll come back in and watch movies and read my books and I'll eat dinner and I'll watch some other movies and go take a shower and watch some other movies and I'll go to bed at 10 o'clock on that Monday. Me and my friend Zach will have our workout on Tuesday. Me and Zach will have our other workout and our check-in.
Do you want me to tell you who Zach is? Yes, absolutely. So Zach is our friend in Clemson who we do our workouts with and check-ins in. So check-in means we go over what more foods I need and what more bathroom things I need. And we order them on Instacart. And then we set the time, my foods and my bathroom things. And then the people bring my groceries to me.
And on Tuesdays, me and my friend Zach, our friends, we'll go out and do our activities. I want to know more about your workout. Yes, sir. Want me to tell you what I do in my workout? Yeah. So Zach has me do pull downs. And he has me do face pulls and calf raises. And Zach has me do lunges. And he has me do this.
uh-huh yeah uh-huh and that has me do curls oh yeah curls for the girls uh yeah oh and do you want me to tell you what we do in our activities absolutely yes sir i'll tell you both what we do in our activities we go celebrate our friends birthdays and we go pool parties and we have pizza and we go axe throwing and we go on bowman field just gonna gloss over that and we play and we play and we play football and kickball and and we go walk it in the botanical garden yep
no wonder you have so much joy.
I mean, look, listen, there was a lot of interesting things you said, but yeah, you were like, we go to breakfast, we work out, we throw axes and we go get some coffee.
Axe throwing. Okay. Tell me more, please. Okay. So when you ask throw, um, they teach us, um, like the way you throw that ax, like I told you, hold it in your right hand. And you, I think you throw it like this.
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Chapter 6: What advice does Tanner give for having a bad day?
It's not bad at all.
That's right. It's just later. It's just later. Talk about how your mom was to you as a mom. And your sister. And your sister. My mom was a really good mom and Mitch was a good sister too. Yeah. I remember when we were little, I wanted to hug Mitch, but she pushed me off because she didn't like it at first when she was really little. Sure. Yeah, Mitch, it's true, Mitch.
I think it was probably too tight. It's probably too tight.
And she probably learned, hey. Yeah.
Yeah, Mitch learned hey. You learned hey, Mitch.
So you told us that maybe dating right now, you don't really want to do that right now.
No, I learned right now. I don't really want to do that right now.
So very valid. What do you want? What sort of dreams do you have for your future? Okay. More on this after these words.
I had my plans moved to Columbia 135. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. And we're hoping that I'll be the host of a new kid show called Think Tank. I'll be like the next Eve on Blue's Clues. And I'll teach kids about routines, reading, and go on lots of adventures with them.
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Chapter 7: How does the Wable app support the neurodivergent community?
That's so exciting.
That does track because usually Hallmark Christmas movies are on a farm. I'll be on a peanut farm.
I am going to pray this happens.
Yes.
And I cannot wait to see this. That's going to be so, it's going to be my new favorite Hallmark movie. Yeah. If somebody is listening right now and they're having a bad day, What would you want to say to them if they're having a bad day?
I want to say to them, remember, it's okay to have a bad day. When you're having a bad day, you can go talk to your friends and family about it and you go on walks and listen to music because that's what I do while I'm having a bad day. It will make you feel better.
Yes. Oh, that's such good advice. Now, you're an ambassador for an app called Weibo. Can you tell us anything about that?
Yes. On Weibo, you can find friendship, love and jobs.
Oh, my gosh. Has everything.
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Chapter 8: What are the key messages about joy and connection shared in this episode?
So I'm wondering, the way that you've learned how to do all these things on your own, have you had to put some of those sorts of systems in place? Yes, sir.
Yes, sir. Little hacks? I have. Yes, sir.
Okay. So tell me how it is that you've learned to cook by yourself.
I've learned how to cook chicken nuggets by myself and pizza and spaghetti and noodles. And I've learned how to cook chicken pot pies and and chicken, bacon, cheese, casseroles. Oh my gosh. Yes, sir. And it's big gay pies. Yes, can I tell you both about cooking class?
I would love to hear about cooking class.
When we were in Clips of Life, these people would come up to our apartment and we would go over how to cook foods and we would eat them for dinner. Can I tell you what we've cooked? Yes. Shrimp tacos and pizza rolls. Yep, yep. And we cooked chili and cornbread. And we would cook link sausage and French toast for breakfast.
Oh.
I think I heard you say that when you were 35, you wanted to move to Columbia. Did I hear that right? I want to make sure I heard that right. Yes, sir. And that's a very specific time. That's eight years from now. Yes, sir, eight years. What made you come upon that goal eight years from now?
Because there's this hotel in Columbia called The Lantern. It's a hotel just like the Sherbert's Hotel. And so I've got my plan to work at The Lantern and live in Columbia 15 years and then move back home to St. Matthews and retire at 50. And my mom gave me that plan.
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