The World Through the Eyes of a Girl with Autism

A collection of essays and writings that I have done throughout my college years onwards ranging from history and research to poetry and philosophical essays on how I see the world. Throughout my school years from my first day of second grade up until my high school graduation I had been the subject of bullying and ridicule by my peers just because I am different and I see the world in a different light. Although I experienced a new environment once I entered college and I was finally accepted by my peers for the person who I truly am despite my disabilities, I still considered myself as the Black Sheep of my family and I knew once I finished school it would be difficult for me to get a normal job due to the fact that I have a high-functioning form of Autism known as Asperger's Syndrome along with dyspraxia. I hope through my writings people will begin to see that people with any type of disability or disorder are capable of doing anything that they can do. I also hope that those who read my work will begin to finally realize that Autism is not a disease and that I am not broken and that I want people to accept me for the way I am. I may be a disabled person, but that doesn't mean that I am not a human being with thoughts and feelings like everyone else.