I am proud to be unique.
I am  proud to be beautiful.
I am proud to be kind.
I am proud to be intelligent.
I am proud to be creative.
I am proud to be funny.
I am proud to be honest.  
I am proud to be clever.
I am proud to be hydrocephalic.
I am proud to be legally blind.
I am proud to be intellectually disabled.
I am proud to be autistic.
And oh yeah, I am proud to be…
Me.

I may not walk the same, talk the same, or behave the same.
I may have difficulty understanding you, but I'm not to blame.
I may not look the same, so I have no shame in admitting that.
I may not learn the same. It might be a delayed;
but what's wrong with that?
I may not see the same, but I maintain that right to reach my dreams.
I may have some physical limitations, but the desire that I require is ever present in my soul.
I will do what it takes to reach my goal.
Walking, talking, and behaving differently has never stopped me from being me.
​And it will certainly not stop me from reaching my dreams.

Dear Autism,
How are you today? There are so many things that make you Great.

​Dear Autism,
There are so many things I want to say. I wish I can better control you and keep you at bay.

Dear Autism,
Why did you trigger me? He was just trying be my friend; instead, you made him frighten me.

Dear Autism,
It was just a hug. Instead of embracing it, you made me run.

Dear Autism,
Why did you put me through this? I wanted to be his friend and not lose it.
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Dear Autism,
​One final thing, to protect me from him and to keep me safe, he decided to no longer be my friend.

Regretfully,
the girl that wishes we could’ve been friends