This letter talks about autism. The reality that accompanies thousands of families. Fear of the unknown. The rejection of society. Autism riddles. The pain of thousands of mothers and fathers around the world.
But above all he speaks of the pain, misunderstanding and abandonment of a child, talks about the lost and the unrecoverable, the need to change course and rethink our own attitudes, talks about inclusion from the cradle, not integration.
- This is the letter written by the mother of an autistic child on her Facebook page “My Boy Blue”.
- In it.
- The child identifies with the color blue.
- The color that identifies autism to raise awareness of society.
- Why has it become symbolic? Because it represents what families and people with autism experience on a daily basis.
Blue has the distinction of being as bright as the sea on a summer’s day and darkening like a stormy sea, it’s a graphical way to represent the challenges people face after being diagnosed with autism.
“When I created this page, I promised myself that this year I would make people understand autism. My main wish for this year is to make those who?Judges? When you find out you’re going to be a mom, dream of having your baby for the first time, dreaming of dressing her, obsessing over every move you make, he dreams of his first word, the first time his little hands will clap, the first time they say good-bye, and of course his first steps. All the “normal” things.
Well, in my house these things are far from normal. Yes, we had some, but they disappeared. Words were lost, landmarks were lost and many tears wept along the way. And it’s not because I’m lazy. You’re not acting My little one is like her son, she loves to dance, she loves to be hugged, she cries when she falls and she loves Mickey.
However, it is “connected differently”. The little things we take for granted every day are the hardest for him. Different lights, sounds, smells or even the appearance of something can cause an overload that is very difficult for my little one.
“Normal things,” such as shopping, playing in the playground, or even cutting your hair, can be unbearable. For people who look at it because it stutters, join its little melody, because in his eyes he sings the best song in the world. World.
The mothers who take their children away from my son are raising the accusers of the future. Children don’t notice the differences, they just want to play, leave them alone. For the lady who called him rude at the supermarket, try to see things from her point of view.
For friends who have disappeared, I hope they never knock on your door, I wouldn’t change my little man anywhere in the world, and if you can’t understand it or how your brain works, then you don’t deserve it. be in your life.
Children in need are the bravest and most amazing people in the world, they are fighting battles that no one knows and I guarantee that no adult will overcome half of those obstacles, so this year I ask you to think before judging, that you live one day at my son’s house, and you will understand what a real superhero is?
Autism is a big unknown, so socially it is considered unsettling. In 1996, Angel Riviére gave a brief summary of what an autistic person would ask for. Here’s some of this point-by-point reflection:
An autistic person needs help protecting himself with his shield, because he sees and hears very intensely Do we have to understand this being?Rude? It’s not your intention, it works in a way that doesn’t meet social expectations.
Autistic are not empty shells, they are people with personality, feelings and needs. We cannot demand that they be “normal”, we try to help them and not control them, we work in the hope of creating a better world.