“We get very teary-eyed, and if I’m not careful, I could do it now,” Purrier said in an interview Monday on the family’s dairy farm.
Purrier told NECN & NBC10 Boston she has been just awestruck by all the lawn signs, the praise in the grocery store and post office, and notes coming in non-stop.
“I appreciate everything everybody does, and all the positive vibes that are coming from everybody,” the proud mother said.
At Montgomery’s recreation center, a hanging banner reads “Go, Elle, Go! Tokyo or bust: leave ‘em in the dust.”
The banner made its debut in the center of town for the Fourth of July parade, which featured an appearance by the dairy farmer-turned-Olympian herself.
‘Autistic women like me are still being failed, stigmatised and misunderstood’
For Autism Awareness month, why women are still struggling to get a diagnosis and the help and support they need
Lucinda Herbert:
If autistic boys are little professors, then autistic girls are playground psychologists.
Fascinated by human behaviour. Observing those around us. As a child, I unwittingly mimicked my favourite television characters and more popular classmates. I copied their hairstyles. I studied their accents and mirrored their mannerisms. I just wanted to be liked.
This chameleonesque quality enabled me to blend in and appear ‘normal’. Art was my ‘special interest’, which earned me praise from teachers and kudos from my peers. My collection of Merlin football stickers provided useful break time bargaining chips, but these ‘masking’ strategies only got me so far.
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