You know that feeling when you want to say something immediately, but it's late?
Oh, that's okay, I didn't think you would...
You know that feeling... where you can't really explain some things?
Oh, that's okay, I didn't think you would...
You know that feeling, where... where... No.. You don't know what it's like.
To stutter, have behavioral problems, to have a lack in empathy.
You can say that you'll be there for me, or you've got my back, or even that I'm not alone...
But let me just say it. Autism; it's what I have. Have you heard of this?
Did you even care if it would hurt me if you made fun of me behind my back? Of course not.
I will be forever alone. Thanks for caring... But hopefully, I have it from here on my own.

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Greater Than the Sum of Our Differences
PuisiThis book is comprised of fifteen different poems -- lyric, spoken word, and free verse. They show how people with disabilities are often treated differently than other "normal" people, even though there really is no such thing as "normal". Some of...