New Understandings

New Understandings,

I’ve learned that individuals, children included, who happen to have an exceptional disability or in the autistic spectrum should be praised and not neglected, as they are human. We can all learn from them and how they see the world… perhaps they  teach us confidence on how we communicate with each other to going on with our regular days. 

For an example; recently at the doctors, for some unknown reason this autistic girl wanted to talk to me, take a “selfie” with me and just hang out. What really impressed me about her was her  strong self-confidence. She came up to a complete stranger (me ) and communicated with me. Most typical people, in general, would not do such a thing. We all tend to keep to ourselves and go about our days without talking and ultimately learning about each other. Basically the complete opposite on how we are originally made. We were created to  interact with each other and develop relationships. Communicating, caring, displaying empathy and learning from each other are the essentials in any relationship. 

Another thing that I learned and fully believe in is, that everyone has a disability. I always thought that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses but to say in such a way as in saying, “everyone has a disability” places it in a different light. It is such a powerful statement, but saying it like that teaches us to really empathize with each other, as we are all here for each other and not against each other. An individual with autism can teach rest of us about life and how to communicate better with each other. Like Einstein, who happen to have autism taught us about how the universe and how gravity works