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"Butterflies live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in blaze color and become utterly extraordinary. It is the shortest phase of their lives, but it holds the greatest importance. It show us how empowering change can be."-Kelseyleigh Reber
As human beings, we can see the beauty in the butterflies in nature. We would not want to change them at all because we understand that beauty is how different each one is. Autism is very much like butterflies in nature. But we forget to see the beauty in traits that make Autism. But like the butterflies, Autistic people can see their beauty. It is not until we go through transformation and we finally see the beauty in the butterflies in nature. Yet we would never want to change butterflies and we understand that butterflies are uniquely one from another yet Autistic people literally feel like that hides everything that makes them beautiful.
I will no longer hide the parts of my beauty, anymore. It took me years to get to the point in my life where I see the beauty in autism like the butterflies. So why would I want to dim myself in a way to make someone more comfortable when all that does not leave me feeling less than myself. I wish more people could see the beauty of butterflies and Autism. I finally can see the beauty in the way butterflies go from fuzzy caterpillars to unique colored butterflies.
Just like the butterfly, I understand that the beauty of autism is that it uniquely colors the world. But as autistic, I know my view on the world is different but it is not less than anyone else in the world. So the next time you meet someone who is different from neurotypical please find the beauty in them because too much of the world made them they were built wrong and that is no beauty in being different. Which is completely wrong because just like butterflies, autism has some beautiful parts of the world missing.
