Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Hi I'm Dr. Hackie Reitman welcome to another episode of Exploring Different Brains.

Today we have the honor of having with us the founder of the college internship program

Michael McManmon, who founded this program that helps so many of us whose brains might

be a little bit different, whether we have Asperger's, autism or ADHD or you name it.

And helps us learn independence, the transition from college life to employment and so many

other things.

We're speaking to Michael who is up in Massachusetts.

Michael how are you?

I'm really good how are you doing?

Great, it was great to see you out in Portland at the US Asperger's and Autism event out

there and everyone was mesmerized by your talk in which you shared a whole bunch of

stuff.

Very inspirational.

Thank you.

Because of so much I've learned around you when we've shared the stages at Portland,

Tucson, parts unknown.

I kind of want to do this interview in reverse.

Instead of starting with how did you get into this, I want to go backwards I would like

you to tell our audience exactly what you're doing now and what college internship program

is doing, and what it is now.

I want a snapshot of today and then we will go backwards.

Well right now I am sort of semi-retired.

And what I do now for the college internship program is I speak, I write books, I've written

three books and the third one is coming out, that's what I was speaking on in Portland.

It's coming out in a couple weeks.

It's called "M ploy" and it's a college readiness, work readiness handbook for young adults on

the spectrum and with LD high school and college to get them ready for work and employment.

And what college internship program does is we have five centers around the US for 18

to 26-year-olds who need comprehensive curriculum to help them either bridge the gap between

a four-year college or employment and independent living.

We provide a very comprehensive curriculum in social thinking, executive functioning,

sensory issues, everything from therapy to apartment living, recreation and etc.

Our other programs that we have are high school summer programs at five colleges around the

country serves 16 to 18-year-olds and they are two-week programs to prep them for going

to a program like ours for independent living.

And what we do there is we have them create a person centered plan during that two weeks

for themselves going forward.

We also have one other program, which is called "M-ploy", which is sort of for those kids

that are failure to launch.

The ones that are on the couches at home who are above 20 or 26 or so and they are not

going anywhere fast and we take those kids and we do employment programs with them for

a couple of weeks with employers and really get them restarted.

So those are the three things we are doing now.

That's great because one of the things that I speak about is that we have kind of inadvertently

and with the best intentions discriminated against adults.

It's all about the kids, the kids, the kids.

But guess what the kids turn into adults.

Another mutual friend Temple Grandin says it's all about jobs.

And these transitions are so tough.

Right.

We've been standing in that spot for a long time before a lot of people, Temple and us.

I've been saying it from the beginning that it's not just about a degree, a kid can get

a degree and not know how to hold a relationship, how to keep a job, how to navigate the world.

So it has to be holistic in approach from the very beginning.

Building portfolios for kids when they're in high school or junior high and building

those portfolios because as you saw in her movie when she goes to the farm managers and

puts those portfolios in their faces that's when they buy into her.

Before that she's just another goofy woman who they don't listen to.

Tell us who is running the company while you're what you're calling "semi-retired."

Let me tell our audience, this guy was traveling all over the world lecturing, inspiring, writing,

helping out with books and movies and documentaries.

And talking to newbies like me.

So who's running the company?

Well I'm very fortunate to have a son who.

You know I took on trips with students who have just sort of observed me, who sort of

by accident got into our business when he was injured after college and I said why don't

you do some work for us, for our website, work with our students on the weekends and

in the evenings while you are looking for jobs.

And he got so into it and he was good at it he sort of went up through the system over

10 years helping us start programs and doing a lot of different things.

And he's much more talented in different ways than I am, he's a better manager, he's better

with people than I am.

I have different areas where I am very high functioning, but my emotional and social stuff

is still depending on the time of day I can implode still.

So he's much more neurotypical, and he can handle things better.

So I am very fortunate to have my son step into my shoes and he's actually filling in

very well.

Well it's interesting in the following sense also.

When you describe the College Internship Program then you describe yourself.

The College Internship Program, you say Asperger's, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, so on

and so forth.

And what we are doing here at Different Brains, we're saying is the principles that guide

any good thing that we are doing whether it is the College Internship Program, or tools

that we can use such as Aspertools and things such like that.

It's not only good for Asperger's, autism, anxiety, bipolar, depression, you name it.

And none of these things occur in isolation.

So I know what you shared with the thousand people that were with us in Portland.

And I wonder how much you would care to share with our Different Brains audience about all

the different--for lack of a better term, I'll say comorbidities, labels, that you,

Michael, the founder of the College Internship Program who is helping so many people, how

would you have labeled yourself?

Well I'm definitely a horse of a different color, let's put it that way.

And my children know it and have just sort of accepted it.

And I didn't know I had anything different going on totally until about 12 years ago

when one of my staff helped diagnose myself and then I went and got formally diagnosed.

But before that the reason that it was so difficult for me to understand who I am and

what differences I had was because my family of origin, I had eight brothers and sisters

and half of them were somewhere on the spectrum.

Either ADD, Asperger's, high functioning autism and on top of that was alcoholism and mental

illness.

So as a child I was smart enough to look at all of this.

I was like a psychologist by the time I was 7 or 8.

I would look at this and say this is not right, this one needs to do that this one is off

base here, I didn't have any power over it and I sort of just watched it and observed

it and I said well I'm not going to do that.

And so it turned out that I learned a lot about how to deal with people with learning

differences at an early age.

And my problem was seeing my own problem, which I sort of fit in and passed for neurotypical.

I could easily pass my classes.

I socially I wasn't that out of it, I didn't look that different so I just hung on the

fringes of the other people around me and just sort of did what they did and they got

by.

When I started having relationships and I got into my marriage and in my business I

just noticed that I didn't pair up.

Had a lot of outstanding positive qualities that people liked me because of them.

Like perseverance, all these aspie qualities, intelligence, always wanting to do the right

thing, doing whatever I would say, showing up, so I had all of those.

Those really helped a lot in business dealing with people because if you are who you say

you are, and you do what you say you do, the banks will like you and parents like you,

and you follow through.

So I had made a lot of mistakes over and over, social mistakes, everything.

And luckily there wasn't a political correctness as there is now because I would've been fired

for some of the things I had said in staff meetings and thing, but since I've been diagnosed

I've learned a modulator between here and here and this is a little five second delay

that allows me to edit before I say things, which has helped my life immensely in every

area and I've also been able to--I think the biggest area that is missed by people

everywhere, colleges and everything is the sensory.

They know about it but a college program like at a university what they are going to do

about a sensory program for a kid who is in a college dorm.

They don't have someone that's going to come and do that.

They might have a social skills class or some kind of remediation, they might have tutoring

and sometimes testing note takers and all these other things.

But they don't have that so I've had to learn how to do that for myself.

And what that means is that, for example that day that you saw me speak at the USAAA, I

swam late in the morning, I went up to the pool and swim, took a break and that reset

me emotionally and socially.

Then I knew it was later in the afternoon which I'm not good in the afternoon.

I made sure the lights were correct in the room that they weren't overwhelming me.

I checked out way in the morning all of the audio stuff, to make sure, because if I had

a problem I would get flustered.

And so I do a lot of prep work for myself, I make sure to wear very comfortable clothes

around my neck and that I ate before the presentation i had a power bar with a lot of protein in

it that I just downed right before it.

I took extra vitamins in the middle of the day.

So I do all of these things to help myself be at my best.

And actually my buddy Stephen Shore sort of taught me some of that, the way he does airplanes

and navigates the world is amazing.

And he knows how to judge how it's going to land, how much sleep he should get, everything.

So I've been able to be at the big boys' table for the last ten years because I can keep

myself in reasonable condition.

because if I start saying stupid stuff or even expletives.

You know, then it's all over for me.

So I have to be very careful.

I feel so lucky, because I get to learn from and hang around with and share the stage with

people who are far, far, way, way in a different league than me.

Such as, we're just talking about a great man like Stephen Shore, who's been on every

continent except maybe one I think.

Antarctica.

I don't think he's lectured on Antarctica yet.

Yes, I think that's his only one.

And he was a guy who was nonverbal and told to be institutionalized, then there's Temple

Grandin and then there's you.

It's a very rarefied club that you guys are in, and I recognize happily that I'm just

glad to be around that club.

Stephen's mother did that for him and created his own preschool for him.

My mom had so many children that she couldn't do that for me.

But what did do that for me was Catholic school because of the structure and most of the teachers.

I only had one who was hell on wheels.

But the rest were very supportive and I even had a couple that like one was like a brother

in seventh grade who I still have contact with.

Kind of like how Temple has contact with her high school teacher that helped her.

My seventh grade teacher was only a few years older than me when he taught me.

So I still have contact with him, he is in all of my books.

He was my mentor and he guided me through some of the most difficult stuff in my family

life and he didn't even know it until I told him later how his standing for me was so important

for me emotionally.

And that is something I would like to say for the people out there.

You don't realize how important each child needs a connection like that, where they can

go to someone.

In my family, there was no one to go to.

It was all a secret of what was going on so I had no one to talk to about anything.

And you take that into you and that becomes part of your being.

And you have to get rid of it somehow, or emote from it somehow.

And being an Asperger's I didn't emote, I didn't cry I didn't do much of that stuff.

So all that was absorbed came out later.

Actually a lot later than most people, not in my teens but in my 30s and 40s I started

to go through my adolescence my emotional adolescents.

Which is not good for your marriage by the way.

How many have you had?

What's that?

How many marriages have you had?

Two, but I've given myself permission--I said "Michael you are an extremely creative person

that is difficult to live with and I gave myself permission that it is all right.

I have these six children and 17 grandchildren and it is more than enough to keep me busy.

And I'm friends with all the people that I have been in a relationship with.

It was a unique experience for them, but we're still friends and I share children with one

of them you know.

Well that's how life is supposed to be, it is a journey not a destination and we are

all learning, and we learn how to be nice to each other.

Which is a novel idea.

When in doubt be nice.

Exactly.

And you are such a lucky man to have such a large extended family, and take all the

things you have learned to the opportunity to part that knowledge to others.

To all of our different brains audience out there who might be volunteers or teachers

or coaches, what Michael just said about the mentoring process, just someone that gets

it, who understands, who takes the time that Michael and I want all of society to do, to

tune in on that individual different brain and remember this: often times, the individuals

who have it the most difficult are the ones who can "pass" for a "neurotypical," whatever

that is as Michael was saying about himself.

It's not like if you're an amputee, "well you're missing a leg," or if you're severely

this or that or anything.

This is an intelligent person and this is very frequent, and let's say high functioning

Asperger's and high functioning autism.

And to add to that I would say every corporation, every business needs an Aspie like me because

what they can do for them is they can bring a unique perspective, and that's what you

want, you want to double check yourself, say "hey what's different ways you could be doing

these things?"

They bring that to them.

I also wanted to add something that we were talking about before.

Here are some of the qualities of an Aspie that play out really well.

As a dad, as a business owner, and even in a relationship.

And other than the confounding ones.

For example paying your bills on time all the time.

I can go to the bank and they will do anything for me.

I've never had a loan refused for a building or anything that we are doing with our business,

I paid all of my kids' college bills off.

So they don't have to carry those with them, I've helped them buy houses and start businesses.

This is because fundamentally, I do things in a very structured way.

I run my money, I use it well, and I don't waste it and I'm on time for everything, and

all these things like this add up to really good qualities.

I never forget a birthday of any of my children, I have a personal gift, I probably already

have half of them prepared for Christmas already for my 17 grandchildren and six children and

their wives and husbands.

And so it's things that we do that are offsetting qualities that our spouses can see through

that.

They get all these other good things that come with the relationship, they might get

someone that does not recognize if there stepping on their toes emotionally immediately.

And that is a problem.

But they get all these other things that I think are offsetting qualities.

A lot of our audience is gonna want to get in touch with you, how do they best get in

touch with you and learn more about you and the college internship program.

Well they're not going to call me and not going to text me but they can use my email

which is "MMcManmon" my last name which is MCmanmon, it's a tongue twister so it's

you can look at our website and get ahold of me which is collegeinternshipprogram.org

and there's all my stuff is on there and you can see what watch all the videos and do whatever

you want.

So basically yeah you can get me through the website that's probably the easiest and I

do have a blog on Psychology Today that's pretty you know it's there still what that's

the other way.

Where can people learn more about your new and your upcoming book and your other books

and other things you've done

Oh yeah just go to Jessica Kingsley Publishers all my books are through her.

The third one is coming out soon, like I said the next couple weeks.

They're all on JessicaKingsleyPublisher.com, she's in the UK and in Philadelphia so they're

all worldwide and it's real simple.

Or you can just go on amazon.com if you want to save money.

And I shouldn't say that but you can get them used and just google my name and you'll

get all.

Well Michael it's been a pleasure to have you here we've had as our guest today Michael

McManmon of the college internship program and we hope to have Michael back very soon

because he's just loaded with information insights and inspiration thank you so much

Michael.

Thank you for having me.

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Green

Blue

Pink

Orange

Yellow

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There has two language in Canada,

English and French, and in Canada society, today, i think

diversity means is there are different

people living together,

my wish for the future of

Canada is harmonious, and beautiful.

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I like Canada because it has fresh air,

I like Canada because Canadians are nice.

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Here's My Canada: My Family - Duration: 0:27.

It protects me to be a good and useful

citizen, my father, mother, and my oldest

brother work here, my brother Ran and

brother Aris live and study here,

that is why I love Canada.

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Jason Dunkerley : Racing out of retirement - Duration: 2:11.

[Jason Dunkerely runs with guide Jérémie Venne at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London] My name is Jason Dunkerley. I'm a blind middle-distance runner and I was a student at Ottawa U.

[Jason as a young boy, standing outside] I grew up in Northern Ireland with two brothers who were also blind, and my parents encouraged us to be

[Jason as a teenager, sitting in a living room with his family] active as kids and to play outside. Sometimes it can be difficult for kids who are blind

[Jason jogging on a running track with other runners] to participate in physical activity. But my parents felt that it was important for us to have the experience of being active

[Jason with family members at a race] and involved in different sports. Even on our own, they encouraged us to develop and adapt

[Jason, with a medal around his neck, alongside three other athletes after a race] our own games. So we would play soccer with a plastic grocery bag tied around a soccer ball and we also learned to ride bikes.

[Jason and another athlete after a race] We moved to Canada in 1991, when I was 13. My brothers and I attended a school for

[An advertisement features Jason as an RBC Olympian] students who are blind and visually impaired in Brantford, Ontario, and we were really encouraged to participate

[Jason and his guide race on a track with other athletes] in a variety of different sports. I caught the running bug as I went through high school. I went to the University of Guelph

[Jason and his guide at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto] to pursue an undergrad in international development. They have one of the top varsity running programs in the country, so it was pretty

[Jason running alongside other athletes at the 2016 Rio Paralympics] intimidating for me to go to a school like that, where there were so many top runners. I qualified

[Jason runs with guide Jérémie Venne alongside other athletes at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London] for my first international team in 1998 and I've been part of the national team since then. So, 19 years,

[Close-up of Jason and guide Jérémie Venne racing in London, connected by a hand-held tether] and it has taken me to five Paralympics – and, most recently, this year, I had the chance, along with my guide Jérémie, to compete

[Jason with guide Jérémie Venne, with medals around their necks, on the podium in London] at the World Para Athletics Championships in London. Ottawa U is also part of my story.

[Jason in a coffee shop at uOttawa] I moved to Ottawa in 2003 and worked, while training, for about 10 years. But I had the chance to come back

[Promotional material for the one-year, bilingual Master of Arts in World Literatures and Cultures] to school here to pursue a master's in world literatures and cultures. It was a phenomenal opportunity for me

[Hamelin Hall at uOttawa] to further my learning and to be challenged in a really exciting way – the chance to have amazing conversations and

[Jason in a restaurant having dinner with classmates] to be exposed to some pretty brilliant people and very supportive professors. What made it possible was

[Jason sitting on a couch] support from Access Service here, because without that I wouldn't have been able to have access to Braille and

[Jason with guide Jérémie Venne holding a Canadian flag at the World Para Athletics Championships in London] adapted texts and things that I would need to pursue the master's. So I'm really

[uOttawa logo] grateful for that opportunity and very fortunate to have had the chance to be here.

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ALMOST MISSED PARIS FLIGHT BECAUSE OF ICELANDIC HOT DOGS | Eileen Aldis - Duration: 10:48.

Hey guys!

I can't believe I'm saying this but we are on our way to Paris!

What are you doing?

I'm getting waters but I can't afford the second one.

We made it to the airport.

We're at Pearson International.

We got our water.

We got our water and we're headed to our gate now and we just bumped into friends

who are on the same flight and they're staying in the same neighbourhood in Paris.

Yeah, it's crazy.

They're basically our neighbours in Paris.

Yeah, around the corner from us so that's amazing.

I still can't believe we're going to Paris.

It has not hit me yet.

Me neither.

Yeah, I honestly…

It won't 'til we get on the plane, I think.

I don't even know if it'll hit me until I hear people speaking French to be totally honest.

But we've had something to eat.

We went to Smoke's -

Burritorie.

Which if you saw our last video about 5 Foods To Try In Canada

we have a poutinerie called Smoke's Poutinerie

and they've branched out to doing burritos.

So that's what we just ate.

It was great.

A good kiss off for Canada.

Yeah.

And we're going to head to our gate 'cause it's time to board.

Let's go.

Hi Dad!

At the gate.

We're about to board.

Hi Mom!

I hope those are good pilots.

Do they look legit?

Good. They look like they're checking stuff out.

Good.

Sounds fine.

I think pilots are so amazing.

Dear guests. Welcome to Keflavík, Iceland.

Here the local time is half past four o'clock and the outside temperature is six degrees.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

You can even get a vegan breakfast.

Look at these gift packs.

It has my favourite Icelandic chocolate bar.

Right there.

Ahhhh.

It's our favourite thing.

It's our favourite hot dog EVER.

Thank you!

Hot dog dreams are coming true.

I'm honestly like I'm gonna cry like I'm just so happy right now.

Yeah.

We also just walked about half an hour to get to this hot dog place.

This is worth everything.

This is life.

I had like a deep seated need and desire for a hot dog in Iceland which is being fulfilled right now.

Eurotrip off to a great start.

Oh my god.

I haven't slept and I'm having a hot dog?

Yes.

I've been waiting years…

Years?

For this moment.

It is so good.

Best hot dog in the world.

Literally.

All our dreams of coming to the Keflavík airport just came true.

Worth the stop.

Worth the stop for sure.

And it's only about 5:30am.

Who cares?

It's the perfect time for a hot dog.

Totally.

You look so hungry.

I'm so desperate.

You don't even need to speak.

Just feel the joy.

I am.

It's indescribable.

Maybe we should miss our flights to Paris.

And stay for more hot dogs?

Seems reasonable.

I can't believe we did it.

I thought our hot dog dreams were…

Dashed.

Yeah, dashed.

Never give up when there's something so important on the line.

Like hot dogs.

Never give up.

Do you have the passports? We do.

I do.

Sorry.

Fallin' asleep.

We spent so much time at the Keflavík Airport getting hot dogs, or looking for hot dogs,

that we almost missed the flight.

Sort of.

At least it said 'last boarding call' or 'final boarding call' when we finally made it to the gate

and we had to take a shuttle bus to get onto the plane.

We were pretty much the last people on here.

We're here now and we spent all of our time and money - it's so expensive here -

getting hot dogs and skyr which is kind of like a yogurt.

So delicious and uniquely Icelandic.

And we got kokomjolk, chocolate milk,

which is for some reason better than any other chocolate milk ever

and some candy.

They have really, really amazing candy in Iceland.

Just so many different kinds and I love the kind with liquorice.

So we loaded up and now there's just one flight left to go until we get to Paris.

Best flight ever with all these goodies.

We haven't slept and it's like six in the morning for us so…

So let's have some candy.

Yeah, now it's time for dessert.

Dear guests, we have started our descent into Paris

therefore we kindly ask that you take your seat and fasten your seatbelt.

Please make sure your seat back and tray tables are in the upright and locked position.

We're in Paris!

I can't believe it.

I'm so excited.

We just did something we've never done.

We bypassed the baggage claim and didn't realize that we had done so

and we were outside of the security area.

So thankfully we were able to get back in to claim our bags.

Thank goodness 'cause I don't know what we would've done

and now our friends that we bumped into are actually staying

at the exact same metro stop that we are.

So we're all going to take the train into Paris together so I can't wait.

Merci!

You got some help there?

We made it to our Airbnb in Paris.

We took the train from the airport and then transferred to the metro

which let us off right in front of the Moulin Rouge.

Can you believe that?

Like I climbed the stairs out of the metro and the first thing I lay my eyes on is the Moulin Rouge.

That's so crazy.

I can't believe that's where we're staying and this Airbnb is incredible.

This might be the nicest Airbnb I've ever stayed at.

I'll give you a little sneak peek behind me.

We even have our own little garden in Paris, if you can believe that.

So I want to show you a tour maybe in another video.

Leave a comment down below if that's something you'd be interested in seeing

and I can even link it if any of you are interested in possibly staying here in the future.

I forgot to mention something really exciting that happened on the flight

from Canada to Toronto.

From Canada to Toronto?

Oh my god I'm so tired, you guys.

Yeah, from Canada to Toronto.

From Canada to Iceland.

The pilot came over the speaker system and said if you look to the northern side of the plane,

which we happened to be sitting on, you can see a glimpse of the northern lights.

And I've never seen the northern lights before and always dreamed of seeing them so it was amazing.

You could see these green lights flickering on the horizon

and then taller in the distance.

I've never seen anything like it.

It was a total bonus and to go from seeing the northern lights to now arriving in Paris,

the City of Lights is just kind of blowing my mind that that's all happened in the course of a day.

It's really starting to sink in that I'm here and I can't wait to explore this neighbourhood more

and the whole city and make more videos.

So if you haven't already, please subscribe to the channel for more travel videos.

Marc is asleep but we will see you in our next video.

Bye!

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