Written by John Kershaw
Originally published at Life in the Autistic Classroom
Autism is looking at the world from a different angle.
Autism is different not less
Autism is a challenge, a gift and a curse
In my life Autism is...
- A High School honor student
- A different way of seeing the world
- Communicating using smiles, gestures, pictures, sounds, cries
- Frustrating when you don't understand
- Joyful when you do understand
- Ministers, teachers, professors, politicians, actors
- Exploring the world of the senses
- Learning to get along with lots of different people
- Having fun together
- Being alone - sometimes lonely sometimes peaceful
- Being aware of the beauty of the very smallest particle of dust or the sparkle of the lights
- Being overwhelmed
Autism is a way of being human
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