COLOURS AROUND PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

EVERYONE HAS COLOURS AROUND THEM.  THERE ARE A VARIETY OF COLOURS.  PEOPLE MAY ALSO KNOW THEM AS YOUR AURA.  PEOPLES COLOURS CAN CHANGE.  IT DEPENDS ON THEIR MOOD, HOW THEY HANDLE STRESS AND IF THEY ARE A GOOD OR BAD PERSON.  RAINBOW COLOUR IS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE AROUND PEOPLE.  THE COLOURS MOVE IN A WAVE LIKE MOTION.  MY PARENTS AND SISTERS HAVE THE BRIGHTEST AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL RAINBOWS AROUND THEM.  WHEN I SEE DARK COLOURS AROUND A PERSON I STAY AWAY FROM THEM.  THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE.  ANIMALS HAVE COLOURS AROUND THEM TOO.  MY GUSTO AND TYSON HAVE BRIGHT RAINBOW COLOURS AROUND THEM.  I LIKE TO OBSERVE PEOPLES COLOURS.  THEY ARE SO PRETTY TO LOOK AT.

MY PARENTS

MY PARENTS ARE ANGELS SENT FROM HEAVEN.  THEY HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR ME TO BE TREATED LIKE A HUMAN.  PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK THAT I CAN'T THINK AND THAT I DON'T HAVE A BRAIN.  WHY WOULD PEOPLE THINK THAT?  IT IS AWFUL.  MY PARENTS BIGGEST FIGHT FOR ME WAS SCHOOL.  IT IS A SHAME THAT A CHILD HAS TO BE TREATED LIKE A MONSTER LIKE I WAS IN SCHOOL.  THAT I WAS A STUPID BOY AND THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.  THAT'S WHAT SCHOOL THOUGHT OF ME.  THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME A CHANCE EXCEPT FOR CHPS, MY EA AMANDA COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL IN ME.  IT IS A SHAME THAT A CHILD WOULDN'T GET A EDUCATION JUST BECAUSE A SCHOOL THINKS THEY KNOW ABOUT AUTISM BUT THEY REALLY HAVE NO CLUE.  A PARENT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR CHILD TO HAVE AN EDUCATION.  A PARENT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CRY IN FRUSTRATION AND SADNESS ALL BECAUSE SCHOOL WON'T LISTEN TO  THEM AND BELIEVE IN THEIR CHILD'S POTENTIAL.  MY PARENT'S SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR ME ONLY TO HAVE IT BLOW UP IN THEIR FACES.  NOT SOMETHING A PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO DO.  MY PARENT'S HELPED ME FIND MY VOICE AND MY SANITY IN A WORLD OF BAD PEOPLE.  MY PARENT'S NEVER GAVE UP ON ME AND ALWAYS SAW POTENTIAL IN ME.  I LOVE THEM  EVEN MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. I AM LUCKY TO HAVE PARENTS THAT NEVER GAVE UP ON ME.  THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS SAY HE WOULDN'T BECOME A PRODUCTIVE PERSON.  BUT I SHOWED THEM THAT THEY WERE DEAD WRONG.  HOW LUCKY AM I  TO HAVE PARENTS THAT LOVE EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THEIR CHILDREN.  ALL IN ALL I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL PARENTS LIKE MY OWN.

FRIENDSHIPS

TODAY'S POST IS ABOUT BEING A FRIEND.  I HAVE A BEST FRIEND NAMED FOX.  WE BOTH HAVE AUTISM AND ARE NON VERBAL.  WE BOTH TALK WITH LETTERS.  WE ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR WHO WE ARE.  I VALUE MY FRIENDSHIP WITH FOX.  WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.  WE HAVE FUN TOGETHER.  WE HAVE THE SAME INTERESTS BUT ALSO DIFFERENT INTERESTS.  FRIENDS ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR WHO THEY ARE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE FRIENDS.  PEOPLE THINK AUTISTICS DON'T NEED FRIENDS OR THAT THEY DON'T WANT FRIENDS,  THIS IS NOT TRUE.  WE ARE HUMAN JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.  TO THINK DIFFERENT IS AWFUL.  A PERSON IS NOT HAPPY TO BE ALONE AND TO THINK AUTISTICS LIKE TO BE ALONE IS WRONG.  A PERSON NEEDS COMPANIONSHIP IN THEIR LIFE.  AUTISTICS NEED FRIENDS.  IT MAY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PEOPLE  BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE OBSERVE DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS,  WE ARE STILL HUMAN AND NEED HUMAN CONTACT.

DO AUTISTICS UNDERSTAND?

A PERSON THAT DOESN'T TALK DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.  A PERSON SHOULD NEVER ASSUME THAT ONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.  EVERYONE HAS A THINKING MIND.  EVERYONE HAS A BRAIN AND CAN THINK, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS BUT WE ALL THINK.
I HATE WHEN PEOPLE ASSUME I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND TALK TO ME LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH.  IT IS DEMEANING AND DOWN RIGHT MEAN.  I WANT PEOPLE TO TREAT AUTISITICS JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.  IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?  NO I DON'T THINK SO.
WHEN WILL THE OLD STIGMA OF AUTISM EXTINGUISH AND THE NEW AUTISM EMERGE?

STIMMING

TODAY'S POST WILL BE ABOUT STIMMING.  I LIKE TO FLAP MY HANDS AND CLAP MY HANDS WHEN I AM EXCITED AND I DON'T LIKE IT.  MY HAND MOTIONS MAKE ME STAND OUT AND PEOPLE STARE AT ME LIKE I AM A ALIEN.   MY VOCAL STIMS ARE THE WORSE.  I CAN'T HELP THE VOLUME.  IT JUST COMES OUT AND THEN I FEEL STUPID AFTERWARDS.  IT IS LIKE BREATHING, IT IS AUTOMATIC.  I AM AWKWARD AND I HATE IT.  DON'T PEOPLE REALIZE THEY MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL LESS OF A HUMAN WHEN THEY GAWK AT THEM,  DON'T YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT AND WITH MATURITY TOWARDS OTHERS?  I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE.  GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEIR SOULS.  I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO EMBRACE THE FLAPS.  TO HAVE ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE FOR THE FLAPS.  AS FAR AS THE VOCAL STIMS, JUST REMIND US TO LOWER OUR VOICES AND DON'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT.  WE ALREADY FEEL BAD ABOUT IT AND DON'T NEED TO FEEL WORSE.  IT WILL MAKE US FEEL LESS AWKWARD.  I FEEL THAT IF I CAN GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO AUTISM THAT THERE WILL BE MORE ACCEPTANCE.  I AM THE BEST RESOURCE FOR AUTISM BECAUSE I LIVE WITH IT EVERYDAY.

OUT OF CONTROL BODY

I LOVE COMING TO THE LAKE.  I LOVE BEING AROUND WATER.  IT IS SO PEACEFUL HERE.  WHEN I AM FLOATING MY BODY IS AT PEACE AND I AM IN CONTROL FOR ONCE.  THE REST OF THE TIME MY BODY IS OUT OF CONTROL.  I HAVE A HARD TIME CONTROLLING MY BODY.  IT DOESN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME ALL THE TIME.  I AM FINDING WAYS TO CONTROL MY OUT OF CONTROL BODY.  I AM FEELING IN CONTROL OF MY BODY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.  I HOPE TO HAVE FULL CONTROL OF MY BODY ONE DAY.  THAT WILL BE A DAY TO CELEBRATE.

* B wrote this blog post at the lake.

Brayden's Legacy

I WOULD HOPE MY LEGACY BE HOW I FOUND MY VOICE AND HOW I FOUND HAPPINESS ABOUT MY AUTISM.   A BOY WHO COULDN'T EXPRESS HIMSELF AND HOW HE CONQUERED AUTISM.  HOW HE HELPED OTHER NON VERBAL AND VERBAL AUTISTICS FIND THEIR VOICE TOO.

Do you think your legacy has been accomplished?

YES WITH THE HELP OF DAD AND MOM.