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00:00I want you, as best you can, to express how you're feeling about the spring fall.
00:11I'm a little anxious.
00:12Yeah, okay.
00:13I'm really anxious.
00:14Okay.
00:15Like I'm going to get sick.
00:16Christian, how about you?
00:28I've been coming here since I was in second grade, and this has helped me get along better
00:33with people.
00:34This hand goes on his shoulder.
00:35Okay?
00:36Okay.
00:37You know, part of connecting with somebody is to move in similar patterns.
00:38Did you know that?
00:39Mm-hmm.
00:40This is sometimes when I'm inviting people to grow and develop, I'm inviting them to
00:41a whole lot of trouble.
00:42Conflict, disappointment, just the mess of life.
00:43Yeah.
00:44It's like, come on, come on, you're going to love it.
01:13In many ways, the dance is going to be a collection of the worst possible sensory experiences
01:20that people living with autism encounter, but they will believe they can succeed when
01:25they succeed, and when it makes sense, not when I teach them, but when they live it,
01:32when it becomes who they are.
01:43Mm-hmm.
01:44Mm-hmm.
01:45Yeah.