Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tanya's Journey Across Europe for Autism Advocacy and Inclusive Education
01 Jan 2025
What inspired Tanya to move across Europe for her son?
Maybe there is, there's need to more of communication with them and just better education for better, more projects for educators and teachers, or specifically for inclusive classrooms.
Did he have problems with bullying or any situations like that while he was in Bulgaria? How did the other kids treat him?
I think, yes, in the beginning, he had in Bulgaria, he wasn't really well accepted. Children first, with other children, for first, for great, yes, because he was with other kids.
Yes, in the beginning, he doesn't, he doesn't accept it because he, because he is autistic, he did the same things, opening and closing the doors, the doors, and he was very quiet. And for the children, was not prepared. He wanted too much to play with the other children, but it was not possible. How I told you, in Slovakia, in the Czech Republic and in Belgium, he has...
This connection, he has friends. That is why I feel very happy. And that is why when I saw that the other people and the children doesn't accept him because he's something different. He's quiet. He did something. something strange because it was very strange. He doesn't speak, he doesn't, he did something different from them. They didn't want to play with them. That is why my son was not happy.
And I wanted to change my life. And I changed my life, all my life, and travel with him. And I left my country. And I told you what I did with me and all my family. Not with all my family, because I have a daughter. My daughter, this is Radi's sister. She's five years older than him. She's not autistic. And she's studying in Bulgaria. And she supports him. She supports me. But she's in Bulgaria.
Yeah. Less family there.
So did you leave behind a large family? How did that work with you leaving Bulgaria to move to Belgium? Because ultimately you thought it would help Friday. How did that work?
Yeah, we have partially most of our families in Bulgaria, but we are here in Belgium. Mostly because so he could have the center and she could leave there and she could be happy. That's the whole idea. But of course, not all the family can move to share the bedroom and they're still good in Bulgaria. They're already, for example, his sister, she's married and she's happy there.
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