Global Autism Awareness day!!!!!  April 2nd

okay, April 2nd we go BLUE in Awareness of Autism Globally-!!!

Asperger's syndrome is a form of Autism-Aspie is an affectionate term -and Many women with Asperger's syndrome are deep thinkers, writers, teachers,. Learn something or speak from experience-
I am an Aspie-so please if you enter any factual data-note a reference as these may be shared with the world's leading sites on Autism and chat blogs-- (((post pub. with permission and a share)))) Have fun and be like an Aspie-and create!! have fun, be free.

Miki - GREAT idea....the rate of autism is rising around the world....this is a GLOBAL crisis.....You are very high functioning and very smart...these are the "advantages" of the whole autism - Asperger's disease spectrum disorder....My own 2  cents....pollution outside reaches in utero to the fetus by the air mom breathes, by the food she eats, by the water she drinks....but there are many theories...and incidentally they seem to have a high rate of celiac disease....Kitty

(This a true poem about an autistic boy I lived with when I was a teenager)

Memories of Ben

He’s ten years old
Pokomon hyper-focused
Quoting statistics I can’t comprehend
All I can remember is Pikachu
While he’s all over it
Glued to the television set
Eyes alight with childlike joy
Consumed by an obsession
I just have to nod and agree with
Cause I got lost somewhere in the upgrades

And it’s red cars, specifically convertibles
Counting every one we pass
That have his hands pressed against
The car window in delight
Which is better than the
Constant, “Are we there yet?”
When he’s bored and un-stimulated
Can’t forget it’s all about Ben

I’ve never seen someone devour
The matrix of a puzzle with such mastery
500 pieces in under an hour
Laid out in perfection
On the living room floor
And I’m in awe
While he’s chattering away
In the never ending stream of ideas
That burst forth from his consciousness

Tears and screams of frustration
When they’re interrupted his flow
And he can’t understand why
Someone has to be watching
Something that isn’t Dragon Ball Z
In his time slot, his routine
The very flow he gets mad at
When the TV people change the program
And don’t tell him in the guide
Which he pours over like it’s his religion  

And it saddens me that no one has the time
Or the energy to sit and listen to the talk
About anime and Angelina Jolie movies
When he never slows down
To take a breath
It’s all “Shut up Ben…”
When he just wants to share his fascinations
And have someone be as excited as he is
So I sit with him, though I’m drained
And being pretentious about Pokemon

At times I’m wondering how I have the patience
When his blood just drop him off
In front of the television screen
Like it will solve the issue of Ben
While blowing a fuse when he fights
For the rights to the comforts he knows
And I’m sure they love him
But they’re all pushing him around
And he’s biting back with anger
That a smack around the head won’t fix

I watch disgusted, fights that could be avoided
And when the calm's rolled over the house
I take a tired breath and get him talking Yu-Gi-Oh
He’s got the cards out and I’m oh’ing and ah’ing
Admiring the artwork, which I have to admit
Is pretty damn cool
And it’s not hard to be interested when
It’s one of the few shows we have in common
He likes it for the game, and I like it for the magic
If I could keep up with his thought process
I might have learnt something useful

Nine years later and I can still picture his face
Remember the chatter and the holes in the walls
The wonderful way he’d get so excited
By the simplicity of life, that I couldn’t help but smile
At the dead bugs in a jar he kept as pets
Talking to them with so much love in his eyes
And I’ll never forget the time I managed to stump
His wonderful puzzle know-how
When I bought him a holographic 3D puzzle
For his eleventh birthday

Time changes everything though I have to laugh
That some things never change
While he’s all grown up now
Over 6ft tall and slightly terrifying
His mind still chasing after red convertibles
And drooling over Angelina Jolie
With a wicked memory for stats
That I wouldn’t want to contend with
While he’s completing 1000 piece puzzles
In under an hour

© Indie Adams 2012

This is an amazing submission and a great letter from kitty as well, I am so pleased, thank's! keep on, please peace x

My little sister..
She cries at night..
Her only safe haven
Is when she writes..

She writes of things
So out of this world..
No one would believe
The pain behind this girl..

She hides it so well,
I guess she gets that from me..
I remember that day..
She was diagnosed at 3..

I remember
her first day at school..
I warned her,
"Kids can be cruel."

She said " Don't worry sissy,
I promise I'll be fine."
She kissed my cheek
and hugged me this time..

I still cannot believe
How she did it so well
Bottling it all up
But I noticed when it swelled..

She became distant
From those meds they put her on..
I tried to explain,
I begged and pleaded with mom..

But no one would listen
It seemed as if they didn't care..
They are losing this green eyed beauty
As she took her last breaths of air..


This was written for my little sister.. she is autistic.. I hope you enjoyed this.. And I want to thank you for putting this as a post.. It feels really good to vent..

Hmmm.. I am considering posting this.. But I would like to know
if it is genuine enough to bestow upon others eyes.

firedaughter said:Hmmm.. I am considering posting this.. But I would like to know
if it is genuine enough to bestow upon others eyes.



I think its a really good write-Autism ranges far and every person is different so your experience is your own. In ASD we like to say, If you have met one person with ASD-you have met 1 person with ASD lol,

Peace, Miki

Thank's and please continue-great stuff here! Peace, Miki

hey,   it   says   ends   April   2nd   which   is   now   past.   when   is   the   deadline.   i   have   loved   2   wonderful   people   with   autism   and   would   love   to   write   about   it   for   this   competition.
thanks,   selah

This ends today, it was posted on Global Awareness day-lasting one week-please submit an entry-happy to have it! Thank's.

Thank's so much-sorry about the date confusion-I love the entries-and appreciate the interest in this subject.

mikimoondancer said:This ends today, it was posted on Global Awareness day-lasting one week-please submit an entry-happy to have it! Thank's.

Ok! Well I will get to it tonight when I get home from work and see if anything good comes through. I'm sure it will with such wonderful people inspiring me!

Wow, thank you

Michelle Good idea for a comp.. To be honest I don't understand why you didn't have Firedaughter as runner-up.

Indie, this was fabulous poem.