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Living With Autism

JDDurrant

Hello,

I recently wrote a blog post about my life with autism. The purpose of this blog post is to help other people with autism. It is based on the idea that if you have autism, you don't have to think of yourself as disabled. This post has received loads of positive comments from people I know, but I want to get it out there. I would like other people with autism to read it and hopefully feel better about being different.

http://jackdurrant.com/2012/10/03/living-with-autism/

If you do read this, I encourage you to tell me what you think about it.

Enjoy!

  • A very thoughtful and well written insight into autism for people both on and off the spectrum - well done!

  • I finally wrote my second blog post about autism, and I think this blog post does a better job of defining it for someone who hasn't heard of it. I decided to call it "How My Mind Works". It has 20 Facebook likes and I hope you enjoy giving it a read.

    http://jackdurrant.com/2012/11/11/how-my-mind-works/

  • Sorry you had some horrible experiences. Sadly that doesn't seem unusual.  I hope things are changing.  I too think the D is not disabled or disorder but different. My son has just started at nursery and his head teacher said to me that she thinks that it is wrong to expect kids on the spectrum to always adapt to others. It's the other kids that should adapt because it's easier for them.  I wanted to hug her.  I think your blog is a really good way of getting the message out there that everyone is different and I would love to read the new blog you mention. Well done.  I think there have been some case studies that show if you can educate other students about autism it improves the experience of the students with autism.

  • Thanks for reading my blog post and sharing your thoughts. I'm glad you like what I wrote, and I hope you consider showing it to your partner if you haven't already. If he thinks of himself as "disabled", this post could help him.

    Although neurotypicals generally pick on people with autism because they don't know why people are different, they could pick up on these things and try to understand and accept our differences.

    I recently started attending a new school and I'm finding it hard to talk to the other students and make friends. When I do talk to other students, I sometimes feel a bit ignored by them.

    I am thinking about writing another blog post on my website, actually defining autism and telling everyone else what they do without realising it. I think that if everyone in my school knew more about autism, I would have an easier time making friends there.

  • that was amazing

    horrible and disgusting that ANY of those schools are allowed to operate at all,

    but its a sad fact of this nt society, we are biased, judgmental, and selfish, we judge on the 'norm' rather than just accept people for who they are, and we are ignorant, and allowed to be, on individual peoples needs especailyl when it comes to 'hidden disability' like autism

    (sorry fellow nts, but when you see things from another perspective, you can see that)

    my partners school years were very similar to your own

    i feel so angry when he talks about it, because i think its disgusting these people are allowed to be teachers of young kids when they treat them with contempt just because they are 'different' or have different individual needs

    but, both you and he have come out of it by yourselves and are doing well, THAT is what matters now, that and of course making sure THIS ATTITUDE STOPS and small children and young adults with autism have respect and proper treatment as they deserve