Showing posts with label Autism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autism. Show all posts
Most reputable scientists now believe that autism
has existed throughout the history of humankind. Some have speculated that ancient legends about "changelings" are actually stories of children with autism. Celtic mythology is redolent with stories of elves and visitors from "the other side" who steal a human child and leave their own damaged child in its place.
I guess, I would be a person with autism. I live in my own world but I don’t mind. My world is not the same as the one most people have grown into. I worry not of the ills of society and people would label me a retard because I do not speak their language; no - I cannot speak their language and when it happens, my body has grown faster than my brain. People are baffled why I have to say and do things over and over again. I shake my head a lot and it annoys them. I twirl objects and flap my hands and I don’t look at people’s eyes.