Trey When I’m around people at %COMPANY%, I feel happy because I get to make new friends easily. It feels like I’m in my childhood years again. It was hard during my middle school, high school, and college years because the people I tried to make friends or to find love with don’t understand my autism, they thought I was weird and awkward and it’s unfair. Being at %COMPANY% feels like a compensation for the loss because the people here understands my struggles and appreciates my talents. It feels great to be in a place where everyone is the same because it’s fun being weird or different. If the world is normal, then it would be boring. It’s important to be in a group of people who are like me because If a person with autism or special needs is around normal people, they won’t fit in easy because they’ll be judged or rejected at any minute and feel isolated. Having an autism community makes %COMPANY% special because people need to understand or be aware of our disabilities before they are quick to judge. As Tupac Shakur said, “Measure a man’s actions fully from beginning to the end.”
What We’ve Learned at JoyDew: What if our autistic adults aren’t the ones who need to change?
If you’re the parent of an adult with autism, you may have spent years hearing about what your child couldn’t do. Couldn’t communicate well enough. Couldn’t work. Couldn’t be independent. Couldn’t make their own...
