Anything, but Ordinary

I hope people would say that I’m a person who is trustworthy, loyal and dependable. I feel like sometimes I can be all three a little too much and people take advantage of that. I have a hard time saying no. As much as I want to stand up for myself and say no , but there’s always a piece of me that thinks that if I say no to many times, people are going to stop trusting me and think that I’m not as loyal as I was, but if I say yes to many times, then people are going to rel

At first, I didn’t know if I wanted to write what it's like to have Autism Spectrum Disorder and share my experiences living with it or if I wanted to take one of the millions of ideas that have been floating around in my head and write a full length fiction novel, but I thought that maybe writing about my life experiences in my blog would be a lot easier then spending months maybe even years writing a book that may not even get published. My blog could be my book and anyone

There are TV shows and movies that have a character on the autism spectrum it could be Asperger's or it could be any other part on the spectrum but there are thought I know of that I have seen or at least know of and/or watched that as a kid on a spectrum or has the symptoms of Asperger's but they they’re actually said that that character has that one thing. Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory is probably the first person you think of when you hear Aspergers. There’s been n

I did my first play when I was in kindergarten and was part of a few Christmas productions in the second, fourth and sixth grade. When I got to high school I did theatre every year until grade 11. It was a different experience and I wish I could say good things, but it was challenging and difficult. The drama teacher was not a pleasant person to work with and to be around. He had his favourites and those would be the people who would star in the main production. No matter how

Growing up, I always knew I was different from my peers, but I never knew why. I always thought that I was the weird kid because my classmates looked at me differently. I know it showed in what I did and what I said. Being normal as a kid wasn’t something that I did. I had my quirks and mannerisms. Teachers may have known that there was something about me, but I don’t think they had the resources at that time to say anything or maybe they were just nervous about speaking up j

I grew up on the ball field. Not only did I play baseball, I spent a lot of time at my brother’s games. We spent summers going on tournaments and driving 4 hours to where they were held. We would play games then go back to the hotel and hang out by the pool. Going out of town and spending as much time on the road as we did as kids were our summer holidays and those were some of my fondest memories. I felt more respected on the baseball field than I did from my own classmates.

Dear Brendan Fraser. For years, I’ve respected and admired you. When I learnt that your son is on the autism spectrum, it made me respect you more because you understand the struggles and challenges that come with being on the spectrum. You love your son more than anything and giving him love while helping him navigate through a world that doesn’t understand is something that should inspire people to take a step back and learn more about what they don’t know. You have a s

Many people have dreams of meeting the right person, getting married and having kids. For some people, it’s easy to go out and meet someone. They have that spark or that charisma. Then there’s me. I have a hard time connecting with people and making friends. I have a better chance of meeting people on social media than in person. I can take my time in responding and making sure that I say the right thing. I can go to a social event like a birthday party or a dinner and sit qu

When I was in school, I was never the type of person to socialize during class. I never really had a solid group of people I hung out with at lunch. It was different depending on the day. I knew people in every grade, so I just hung out with whoever knew me and they seemed to be all right with that. I never felt a connection with the people in my grade because I found them to be judgmental, especially the classmates I didn’t grow up with. I never had a close connection with t

If you had to explain autism to a child, what would you say? How would you make them understand? How would you define the word? Autism affects children and adults who have difficulty in social interactions and exhibit a restricted range of interests and/or repetitive behaviours. Nobody understands what a person is thinking. Professionals could work for years in their field and not know how a person thinks or why a person does what they do. All the signs could be there, but we