Facing autism's challenges was harder when I was younger. I thought everyone was mad at me when they would be stern sounding in their speaking to me. I have very acute hearing People would repeat things over and over while raising their voices like I was deaf. I understood what they wanted but had trouble getting my body to cooperate with my mind. Today I turned 28. I am better at getting my body to cooperate, but it is still a challenge to do what I need to do. Instructions need to be slowly given and with physical prompts. Friends find it hard to wait on my slow responses.
Now I'll explain how I see. When I look at things and try to focus, I sometimes see two of them. That greatly hinders my ability to give eye contact. I can't always tell what is the real thing or person I am looking at and what is not.
For the next few posts, I am going to talk about my experiences with autsim. Here is my first post: Autism is not to be feared. We, who have autism are wonderful people, and we have feelings just like all people. Trying to express our feelings is sometimes hard for us. Normal feelings like sadness, joy, relief,..seem different when autistics make unusual sounds or actions at the same time. Staring at patterns, lights, and other thins seems odd to most people, but to us it seems normal and it helps us cope with all the visual stimulus invading our eyes.
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AuthorMy name is Kimberly Dixon. I am a non-verbal young lady who happens to have autism. I loves to write poetry and make beautiful works of art. Archives
October 2015
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