{"id":1392,"date":"2017-04-29T18:39:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T18:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2017-04-29T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T18:40:18","slug":"10-year-old-autism-self-advocate-mia-brewer-visits-preschool-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/10-year-old-autism-self-advocate-mia-brewer-visits-preschool-students\/","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old autism self-advocate Mia Brewer visits preschool students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_04_26_Mia-Brewer-visits-Preschool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1393 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_04_26_Mia-Brewer-visits-Preschool-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2017_04_26_Mia Brewer visits Preschool\" width=\"426\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_04_26_Mia-Brewer-visits-Preschool-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_04_26_Mia-Brewer-visits-Preschool-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_04_26_Mia-Brewer-visits-Preschool.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>April is\u00a0National Autism Awareness Month.\u00a0 Throughout the month Wintergreen Preschool Teachers Lisa Brewer and Katie Greenlaw spent extra time talking with Wintergreen\u2019s littlest learners about the importance of being kind and patient with each other no matter what their differences may be.<\/p>\n<p>On April 26, 2017, Mia Belle Brewer, a 10-year-old autism self-advocate, visited Wintergreen\u2019s Under the Willow Tree Creative Preschool where she read a story, played with, and talked to the children.<\/p>\n<p>Mia has autism and she also has a sister with autism whose needs and challenges are very different than her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMia doesn&#8217;t want to be or wish to be different, she likes being Mia,\u201d said Lisa Brewer, Mia\u2019s mother and Wintergreen preschool teacher.\u00a0 \u201cWe think our students agree that Mia is perfect just the way she is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO:\u00a0 Left to Right (Seated, First Row) Saraphina Persaud, Cayson Morneau, Joyce Rankin, Kaiden Kelley, (Seated, Second Row) Derek Perry, Aiva Richardson, Mia Dumont, Mia Brewer, Jacob Delsignore (Standing) Chase Wolverton, Kenzie Pictou, Laynee Kirby, Casey Greenlaw, David Mautz, and Sawyer Martin<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is\u00a0National Autism Awareness Month.\u00a0 Throughout the month Wintergreen Preschool Teachers Lisa Brewer and Katie Greenlaw spent extra time talking with Wintergreen\u2019s littlest learners about the importance of being kind and patient with each other no matter what their differences may be. 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