BENJI MARTIN
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The purpose of this blog is to publicly reveal a secret that I've kept since I was a teenager: I have autism.
I was first diagnosed with autism as a toddler, which prompted my parents and my sister to have to go to Chapel Hill to learn how to work with children with the same kind of condition as I did. My mom had to leave her furniture job to work with me and spend time with me.
By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was catching all sorts of hell (pardon my French) from other classmates who assumed that I was retarded (and you know what happens when you assume). I didn't understand why they were calling me "retard", but at that time I knew that I wasn't retarded. I was also a punching bag for bullies because of this. I wish no ill will upon them, nor do I wish what I've been through on my worst enemy.
The first time that I learned that I was autistic was when I was in the ninth grade. My mom told me, but I didn't know what it meant, nor did I even understand it. So I was in denial about it for a long time because I wanted to be a normal teenager. My parents didn't see that, so they treated me like a baby for all of my teen years. It didn't make sense then and still doesn't, but my parents were overprotective over me and still are for fear of losing their "baby."
The first time I came out about my autism was one day at the job that I had at McDonald's. One of the female managers tried to get me to train another employee and speak up, but I just couldn't do that. When I mentioned my autism, the manager just laughed like she didn't believe me. That just goes to show you that the world has pity on no one with autism.
Again, I still don't understand autism, but as of late, I've been doing some research on it. Also, I've been taking the CVS store brand of Focus Factor, which is a source of B-vitamins, to help manage my autism.
To learn more, go the the "Charities" page and click on a link to any of the autism-related charities that I have listed.
I was first diagnosed with autism as a toddler, which prompted my parents and my sister to have to go to Chapel Hill to learn how to work with children with the same kind of condition as I did. My mom had to leave her furniture job to work with me and spend time with me.
By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was catching all sorts of hell (pardon my French) from other classmates who assumed that I was retarded (and you know what happens when you assume). I didn't understand why they were calling me "retard", but at that time I knew that I wasn't retarded. I was also a punching bag for bullies because of this. I wish no ill will upon them, nor do I wish what I've been through on my worst enemy.
The first time that I learned that I was autistic was when I was in the ninth grade. My mom told me, but I didn't know what it meant, nor did I even understand it. So I was in denial about it for a long time because I wanted to be a normal teenager. My parents didn't see that, so they treated me like a baby for all of my teen years. It didn't make sense then and still doesn't, but my parents were overprotective over me and still are for fear of losing their "baby."
The first time I came out about my autism was one day at the job that I had at McDonald's. One of the female managers tried to get me to train another employee and speak up, but I just couldn't do that. When I mentioned my autism, the manager just laughed like she didn't believe me. That just goes to show you that the world has pity on no one with autism.
Again, I still don't understand autism, but as of late, I've been doing some research on it. Also, I've been taking the CVS store brand of Focus Factor, which is a source of B-vitamins, to help manage my autism.
To learn more, go the the "Charities" page and click on a link to any of the autism-related charities that I have listed.
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