Book - “Facing the Uncertainties of Autism with Christ”

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23 Nov 2021, 7:51 am

Autistic author embraces his disability

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John Poplawski knows there are many things he can’t do, but he says with Jesus in his heart, the 26-year-old autistic man has mighty strength.

“In 2015, I planted a garden and sometimes I was overwhelmed,” he said. “I prayed and realized what I needed to do and not let others get in your head. A lot of people don’t understand people with autism.

“I know God answers prayers and I use God as an example why I keep going in life. Without him, I would not be here now,” he said.

Poplawski wrote another book, “Knowing and Overcoming The Puzzle of Autism.”

Using his life skills, Poplawski gives tips to others with autism. For him, he avoid groups of people because these experiences can become overwhelming for him to enjoy the company of others.

“I can only talk to three people at a time without getting a sensory overload,” he said. “There is a lot of scented products that can be too much for me to tolerate. These smells can travel fast, like a large amount of energy, and suddenly exploding with flying particles all over the area.”

“I was severely teased because my disability interfered with my appearance and movement,” he said, adding he always had trouble performing motor tasks because it was embarrassing when people were around him.

Poplawski turns to God when he’s frustrated.

Poplawski, who lives in North Port with his mother, Sherry, and sister, said he hopes others with autism will read his books. He’s now working on another one, “Experiencing God’s Presence Moment by Moment.”

“I know what it’s like being different, but people with autism have to be champions who overcome their issues and make the opportunities in their life work for them,” he said. “I encourage other with autism to do what they want.”

In his book, Poplawski writes, “Could it be easily discovered if I could blink and not be autistic anymore? Well of course not! For the fact that I don’t believe in luck, but I believe in God. He is the one that determines the course of my life. All of us can call out to him and He will make our paths straight. I think it’s really fascinating how God can work through us to be a witness in a gifted way for Christ.”


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23 Nov 2021, 8:36 am

That's the thing with some Christians....they don't seem to recognize other religions as being on a par with their own. It's either their notion of God-----or the highway.

I'm glad this person found God, and finds solace in Him.



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23 Nov 2021, 8:48 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
That's the thing with some Christians....they don't seem to recognize other religions as being on a par with their own. It's either their notion of God-----or the highway.

I think these books are coping mechanisms for the author and the few who read them. That said, nothing the OP quotes about the author overtly portrays him as a "my way or the highway" type. If he called the books Overcoming Autism with the Guidance of Allah and the Wisdom of Mohammed, would you have even replied?



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23 Nov 2021, 8:56 am

It's the same situation with some Muslims, some Jews, and some of other religions.

People of the fundamentalist variety tend to be more this way than others.



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23 Nov 2021, 11:48 am



By The Very Nature of Tradition

That Is Similar to Religion,

Politics, Even

Philosophies,

And All Stuff Specific

To Culture, In General,

Originating With Language;

Tradition Binds and Bonds, And

Excludes That Which is Not Part of Tradition;

Of Course, This Is

Where Conservative

And Liberal Nature of

Being Human Comes into

Play And Why We aRe Not Still

MaKinG Hand Prints in Caves For Art,

Afraid to Move Out into the LiGHT As the

Cave Seems

Safe

Enough to Stay.

The Old Testament of the
Bible Is Conservative in Many

Ways; And the New Testament

Attempts to Let the Liberal Jesus

Out of the Cave And Go Out and Play;

Yet of Course, By Story He Found Out REAL QUICK

BY STORY THAT TRADITION DOES NOT RESPOND

KINDLY TO FOLKS WHO ATTEMPT TO BREAK IT;

SO, THEREFORE;

IT'S NO SURPRISE

THAT SOMEONE WHO

IS A 'PROPHET' IN TERMS

OF MOVING OUT OF PLATO'S

CAVE iNto More LiGHT and Perhaps

Nomadically Moving Out of the Rocky Desert

in Greener Lusher Areas Like South Asia; Yes, This

Is Why 'A Prophet'

Is Often

Not Recognized

Within the Confines

of More Conservative

Tradition; It is the Very Nature

of the Kind of Beast That Roosts

Most in Tradition; The Conservative

Nature of Folks Among Us; Who Do Their
Best to

Keep

Tradition
Solid And

Grounded;

Meanwhile Change

Is Coming Like It or Not,

It's The Way oF All Nature;

And Boats Do Require Sails to

Explore Calm Seas And Following Winds;

And Anchors

To Return

to Safe Harbors

When Stormy Weather

Approaches; Problem is,

When it All Goes Whacky and

Despicable Leaders are Followed By Those

Who Refuse to Move Out of A Tradition

of Scarcity And Addictions of Fear And Anger,

And Go As

Far As Giving

Up Their Life,

Not Wearing Masks,

And Not Getting Vaccinated in

A Deadly Pandemic; Or Re-Electing

The Man Already Assessed as Despicable

Leader, attempting to Erase The Freedoms

(By The Senate Republican Majority Leader and
House Republican Minority Leader, After
A Deadly Insurrection, Laying Blame
On The Despicable Presidential Leader)

They Even Enjoy,

To Retain

The Traditions
They Stick With Now.

Back to Square Root One Problem;

As Neuroscience Shows, Humans Basically
Hallucinate Their Reality Based on What
Reality Their Minds Create As Hallucinations Before;

The Issues We See

In CuLTuRES Failing
or Thriving is Surely

Relevant For Human Potentials

to Create Dreams of Heaven on Earth,
And Nightmares of HeLL ON EartH too;

Both Individually

And By Tradition

of Group Think;

When in Rome Ya Gotta
Blend in Enough to Be Free too;

This Human Thingy Is A Lifelong Art...

Some Folks Thrive; Some Folks Survive; Others Will Surely Die.



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23 Nov 2021, 12:25 pm

The title should read "Facing The Uncertainies of Autism With Santa Clause And The Easter Bunny"



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23 Nov 2021, 2:50 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
That's the thing with some Christians....they don't seem to recognize other religions as being on a par with their own. It's either their notion of God-----or the highway.

I'm glad this person found God, and finds solace in Him.


Of course they would would believe that as it is part of what they believe. If they did not believe that they would not be Christians would they? :D
This does not mean they show dissrespect for those of other faiths.


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25 Nov 2021, 1:17 am

I face my joy of autism with arts & crafts.


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