Autism Awareness

     This fall, I started classes for a Bachelor's in Psychology. I love my Abnormal Psychology class because we talk about mental disorders. It makes me feel smart because I've done a lot of reading about mental disorders before I got into this class LOL. I was interested in them before I changed my major. The other day, we talked about Autism Spectrum Disorder. It felt good that I could help answer questions that came up in class, from personal experience and from research I've done. 

     However, all the questions asked made me remember that awareness still needs to raised. Maybe it was just my personal experience with autism, but the answers to the questions seemed so easy. It made me think that some people still don't know that much about autism. It kind of hit hard. Lately, I guess I've been around people who know about and understand my autism enough that they don't need to ask questions. Then in class, I remembered, "Oh yeah. Not everyone has seen autism personally. Some people don't understand." However, this little reminder was good for me because it reminded me that we still need to raise awareness for autism. It's one of the reasons I got my tattoo. To start conversations with people about autism. To get people interested and asking questions about it. Like I've always said since I was diagnosed, "I will be a voice."

"I live in the same world you do; I just experience it differently. I am a human being with feelings, just like you; I just express them in my own way." ~Me~