For those of you struggling particularly with a new diagnosis or unsure if you have it or feeling bad about yourselves for being autistic. I hope this will be good for you.
I have found over and over again that some of my favourite people are on the spectrum. I think, I have Asperger's, still unsure bit one of the things that helps me with it is looking at the others I know who do or maybe do and they are generally all amazing.
The woman I worked with, who's getting her diagnosis now who kept getting in trouble because she would not lie or hide results for a corporation. Would not be quiet about unfairness.
A friend who wouldn't lie for another who had done something terrible, wouldn't blaim the victim to make himself feel better as many around him were doing. Wouldn't abandon that friend either but wouldn't pretend what he had done was OK, kept trying to help him become better.
Someone I work with who goes out of his way to make sure that all the people around him are OK. Who goes above and beyond to try to ensure that people around him aren't being taken advantage of and do what he can to make it better. Even when sometimes I think he would much rather be hiding out on his own.
A guy I know who has Asperger's, who works in social care supporting people with severe learning difficulties and still manages to spend the rest of his time on charity works and can't walk past a homeless person without stopping to help. Who is also actually very annoyed that Asperger's is now lot a diagnosis it is Autism Spectrum Disorder. And quite frankly I see what he means. Is it a disorder to be different?
So here's to thinking a little differently. Here's to not playing social games, not playing politics. Here's to introversion and to a sense of fair play. Quite frankly the world needs more of us.
