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EMMA'S ESSAY

She By Emma Walthers

 
When I was younger
anyone who
was different was weird
I knew no in between
I did not understand that those
people in the grocery store who
would flail their arms
and yell about absurd things,
had no other choice

Autism was not a term
I was familiar with.

As the mother takes her
child to the movies and
is booed out of the
theater because her son
is frightened of an ad.

As the students laugh at
the guy who truly does not
understand the concept being taught
and worse yet, the teacher does
not make one effort the help him
But simply treats him just like
any other student with
a normal processing time

Disney this past year
decided to make it more
difficult for families with
a special needs child to
enjoy the amusement
rides they have to offer

. And on their very website
people find the audacity
to post that a child who
does not understand the
concept of time and why
they have to wait in long line
should not be coming at all

Why is it that the X-Men are
looked upon so favorably because
of a genetic mutation while
people with Autism and Asperger�s are  
cast aside like the underdog who
plays such an important role but
everyone chooses to overlook
due to their differences.

She will come in my room and
look at the posters hugging the walls
and name each and every person after
only hearing them once

She will show me a picture of our
solar system and describe each
planet as if it were the back of her hand

She knows things I didn't until
I was well in elementary school

She will sort through my book case and
find books I read this year and
read me passages like
reading was a natural skill.

She is teaching herself Chinese
and recently had a conversation
with Chinese people who
understood everything she said

She has senses that are heightened to
a degree an average person
will never understand

She can hear all the instruments
in an orchestra and pin point
each sound to its source

She can hear a blender
and be in pain

She will be subjected to
teasing and ridicule and
she may not understand
and laugh along with them

She breaks my heart
when she is sad
She is my sister
and she is autistic.

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