The Autistic Blogger

    For those that don't know, the majority of individuals on the autism spectrum get chained to something for a extremely long time. Might be a sentence, a toy, a show, and they won't stop enjoying that said desire for years! My 5-year obsession was based on trains and Legos, and it wasn't really nothing out of the ordinary. My cousin however, his favorite obsession was based on the now dead franchise Lalaloopsy. It was basically dolls that had buttons for eyes, and a slew of toy sets came out for years. Many people say it's wrong for boys to play with girl toys, and yes, while many people, a couple from my family agree with this statement, I feel it's right for a kids to interact with a wide variety of toys, despite being targeted for different genders. I never made fun of him for playing with a girl targeted toy, and in fact, I even joined him sometimes and played with him. There was someone however, who made so much damage to my cousin without even realizing it,

    Your son has autism, my mom was more confused than disappointed because she never heard of that disability. Of course, questions were asked, and the doctors replied to her falsely, in my case. They basically told my mom that I was going to be academically behind, and that it wouldn't be surprising if I had to repeat a grade or two, as well as extremely falling behind socially. Of course that's not true at all because I'm the top student in my class year, taking accelerated classes or classes that I'm ahead in, all without any additional help. Sure, I went against the odds, but I didn't escape the childhood experience that I had from my family because they believed what the doctors said, that I was going to be different. Sure, being different is nothing bad, but today I want to explain how my mom and my family completely altered my childhood because they believed what the doctors said.     Shortly after, my mom felt like she had to kiss goodbye her dreams of ha

    Unfortunately in today's society, people don't embrace people's gifts and talents. Instead, they decide to shoot us down with hate, discrimination, and violence. I for one realized this for a long time because people never appreciated my paper crafts that I did with I was smaller (read my fourth blog if you're confused), loved my caring and happy personality, or accepted my superior grades. My paper crafts were thrown away and laughed at, people only saw the disability side of me, and people doubted me that I would get the straight A's that I have today. Sure, my wish to be normal is understandable considering the fact that I've been discriminated so many times by so many people, but at the same time, being different is nothing to be ashamed of. I'm not talking about my disability however, I'm talking about my lifestyle choices, my way of thinking, and my own desires. If people won't embrace my difference, at least try to accept me for who I am,