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Published: 2007-04-23 00:13:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2270; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 9
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Being autistic is like being bornWith the best singing voice
But being deaf
As to never hear it
I regard the world
From a world
Of my very own
Creation
The words
Printed upon the pages
Are just blurs
Of colorless rainbows
But the notes
Light up
The concerto of Beethoven
Takes life
This is when
All smile and take notice
That I'm not
Completely stupid
The world is a blur
Moving fast around me
And I am
A spectator
I wail and scream
For it to make sense
Or to slow it's pace
But it never does
Nobody listens to me,
They just smile
But their eyes
Show their pain
No parent
Wants their children
To be
Touched in the head
I'm autistic
I'm not stupid
I'm just different
Just accept it
I may be smarter
Than all around me
But I can't
Show it
I take in every word
In hopes of grasping
These petty problems
You dare to cry out
Sometimes you forget
I can hear like you
That I know when your eyes leak
It means you're sad
I know at times
You forget I too
Feel and fear
I'm more than you think
But then again
You don't think
Like I think
Because I think smart
When you realize
I donβt act like the other kids
You cry and glare at me
You forget I didn't choose to be this way
I'd love to be normal
But this "handicap" as you call it
Was never
A choice
Stop badmouthing me
In front of my face
My ears works fine
Thank you
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Comments: 107
Thank you for writing this. I have Autism, and this spoke to my heart.
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I loved it...until the end....I'm a parent of a wonderful autistic princess...not all parents are awful.
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i like this.. but i feel like u made the parent the enemy.. not all parents are bad..
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I love this.
Though, I think you mean "Or to slow its pace" instead of "Or to slow it's pace".
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aw 
I can tell all of this came from the heart. My brother is eleven and he can't speak and he's violent but I know he can understand me. I wrote a poem about him if you want to read it:
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I would like to hear your input on it.
But I'm sorry to hear about your autism and that people treat you that way. When I go shopping with my mom and my brother people always stare at him. Sometimes i go up to them and tell them he has autism so they just walk away. Dumb people o_0
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My deepest apologies for the late reply. I'm glad you enjoyed it, I actually do not have autism but this is how I imagine it must be from my experiences in life. I will be reading your poem within the next five minutes and you can expect feedback on it. And yes, sadly, people are very ignorant.
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I have HFA (high functioning autism) and this poem explains my feelings exactly.
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I'm glad it was somewhat accurate at least.
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wow did you get into my brain? and how did you survive in my mind 
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I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, I think the largest problem is people don't even try to understand they just jump to assumptions and judge everything on face value.
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*rubs the tears away* Why did I not search Autism into Deviantart before...
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Aww, well I'm glad you enjoyed it, dearie.
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I see. Where do you fall on the spectrum?
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As an autistic person, I thank you for this poem. 
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Thanks, glad you think so ^^
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Though this probably won't mean much, this poem really touched me today. You see, I have two autistic cousins, so from an early age I became accepting of those with dissabilities. One of my cusins just talked to me for the first time in 8 years the other day. It's so fresh and new, and when we speak I always wonder if he realizes that people rarely take him seriously. Like he''s some sort of animal. As it is with the "special" kids at school. Nobody will take them seriously. They'll humor them, then laugh at them to their faces, forgetting that at the end of the day when they go home that that "special" child goes home, too, back to a world of complications and nobody taking them seriously. This poem accurately depicts at least what I believe the autistic to think like. Thank you for this.
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That's great, glad he's talking ^^
Yeah,exactly, just because we can't understand doesn't mean they aren't people with their own thoughts.
Np, glad you enjoyed.
And yeah, that does mean a lot to me that it touched you in some way. Wish your cousins all the best, sure they're great kids. ^^
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all I have to say is wow.
My brother is autistic and just wow
this is amazing
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Thank you, glad you liked.
Best wishes for your brother, btw.
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Thank you very much.
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Autistic kids grow up to be autistic adults. We remember people like you, those who had the good sense to love us and understand us in spite of ourselves.
Sign me an autistic adult.
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Thank you. Glad you approve.
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i really liked this i have autistic siblings so although i cant completely emphasize with the point of view of the poem I have still experienced when people do this to them. Believe you me I see red. However this thankfully doesnt happen often to them!!!
I have just posted a poem about my sisters asking, why?. You should check it out-at first it might not make sense but then thats the point.
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Understandably, glad it doesn't happen to them that much ^^
Lol, don't worry, I'll check it out ^^
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I really love this. I'm doing a presentation on autism, actually.
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed.
Best wishes with your presentation btw, hope it goes well. ^^
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Beautiful, and I basically agree with all the others who said aspie pride <3
This captures it, really, it does.
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Thank you, really appreciate that nice comment.
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great work. I just love it. I work with autistic children too and it's the most rewarding thing in the world.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed.
That's great, they must be a pleasure to work with
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you're most welcome.
And yes, that's a great job, I love it
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I love this, autism is a gift.
There are just people in the world who can't see it.
Many famous people and inventors, have been said to have autism.
Like Einstein, and Graham Bell I think.
The world would be truly poor without autism.
I myself have aspergers syndrom, but I don't feel that I am anything less than anyone else.
Aspie pride!
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Yeah, thank you for the nice comment.
Aspie pride indeed. You are right: You aren't anything less than anyone else.
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Exaktly, that's why I wonder why anyone would want to try and cure it.
What is there to cure in the first place? It's not a sickness, it's just another way of thinking outside the box.
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The only thing I wish is that those higher on the Autism spectrum could express themselves further (through talking), but they do communicate through their amazing gifts.
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When I don't know someone I find it hard to start a conversation, but my mother say when I start talking I could easily talk someones ears off. So have have more problems with the way I communicate, than the so called "normal people". But since I was little, I have always loved to play with words. And I still do so by writting poetry, songs and stories.
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Ah, I see.
Lol, playing with words is always interesting and I'm sure you can "talk someone's ear off" so to speak, but that is awesome btw.
Yeah, I'm not good at talking to people normally...seldomly I can manage a halfway decent conversation, unless I really trust the person that is.
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^_^ I like it
It's very true
I havn't been bad mouth befor though. It's sad but true
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