SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RPM

I CANNOT EXPRESS MYSELF USING MY MOUTH.  I HAVE SOME MOUTH WORDS BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT IS VOCAL STIMS.  IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BUT JIBBERISH COMES OUT INSTEAD.  THEREFORE, I SHOULD NOT BE PERSUMED THAT I HAVE LOW INTELLIGENCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT I CANNOT SPEAK WITH MY MOUTH.  I HAVE BEEN THOUGHT THAT I HAVE LOW INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE I CANNOT TALK WITH MY MOUTH BUT I DIDN’T HAVE A WAY TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW SMART I WAS UNTIL I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN I LEARNED RAPID PROMPTING METHOD (RPM).  NOW I CAN SHOW PEOPLE I AM SMART. 

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT AGE APPROPRIATE ACADEMICS IN MY WHOLE SCHOOL CAREER UNTIL I STARTED RPM.  MY MOM TEACHES ME AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL I AM TAUGHT GRADE LEVEL WORK.  THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR IS TEACHING ME GRADE LEVEL WORK BECAUSE MY MOM ADVOCATED FOR ME.  I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THE SAME PRESCHOOL WORK FOR SIX YEARS.  HOW BORING IS THAT?  HOW SAD AND DEPRESSING IS THAT?  CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING TAUGHT THE SAME PRESCHOOL WORK FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW?  PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR LETTERS, NUMBERS OR COLOURS.  IT IS SUCH A HORRIBLE LIFE WHEN YOU CANNOT EXPRESS YOURSELF AND CANNOT SHOW HOW SMART YOU ARE.  THAT WAS ME BEFORE RPM.  BUT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW THAT I RPM.  I AM BEING TAUGHT GRADE LEVEL ACADEMICS AT SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME.  MY MOM TEACHES ME ABOVE GRADE LEVEL ACADEMICS AT HOMESCHOOL.  I AM ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.

I THINK RPM SHOULD BE USED ON ANY AUTISTIC THAT CANNOT EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR FULLY COMMUNICATE THEMSELVES.  THIS WOULD INCLUDE SPEAKING, MINIMAL SPEAKING AND NON SPEAKING AUTISTICS.  I HAD NO FRIENDS UNTIL I MET ANOTHER RPMer.  I HAD NO WAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE.  I HAD NO MEANINGFUL FRIENDSHIPS.  I WAS SAD I HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO AND NO FRIENDS.  IT WASN’T UNTIL I STARTED RPM THAT I STARTED HAVING FRIENDSHIPS.  I FOUND TRUE FRIENDS THAT I CAN TALK TO ABOUT AUTISM AND ANYTHING WE WANT.  WE ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR WHO THE PERSON IS.  WE DON’T JUDGE EACH OTHER.  WE ARE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.  WE ALL HAVE THINGS IN COMMON.  WE ALL RPM.