World Autism Awareness Day 2010
Today’s post is a guest blog by my son Ben.
Hi. My name is Ben. Last year I wrote about what it’s like to have Aspergers Syndrome.
I didn’t have such a good time at primary school, because I have Autism.
But now i’m 12 years old, and now i’m in secondary school called Parkside. Since I moved there, things have changed. This school is familiar with autism, and now I’m getting help from teachers.
I can now bring in a laptop to do my work on, instead of a pen. It helps me to do my work much faster.
My grades have shot up in the last few months, and I get more noticed than when I was in Primary school.
When my head fills up, I can just go out of the room to allow my head to just empty it out. My head doesn’t fill up from too much information in Parkside. instead, It fills up because of too much noise.
I have made plenty of friends. Luke was my first friend at Parkside, Harry was his friend, so we were quickly introduced, Jack also has autism, just like me, & Connor likes many of the things I like. Quite a few of my old friends from Primary school are there too, but I don’t talk to them as much.
Since my twelfth birthday I have been rather fond of Warhammer. It’s a hobby where you collect soldiers, paint them, and play a game with them. It’s really fun, & now I have a expanding collection of living dead warriors.
Since I left primary school, I’ve learned that it’s important to have a good school, & that when you do, and when you do well in school, you can do anything.
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Hi Ben. I’m a friend of you Mum’s and I’m really glad you are happy at Parkside. I have two neices who go there – although they are much older than you are – and they have been happy there too. It sounds like a really great school. Keep having fun!
Hi ben ,this is tareq ..the same thing happened with me so I’am really happy and feel great that ur happy at parkside..it is a great school …be happy!!
Hello Ben, I’ve been looking forward to World Autism Day and hoping that you would guest blog again. I’m pleased to hear that you are enjoying your secondary school and it’s good to hear about your good grades, friends and Warhammer – sounds fun! I work with people with autism as well as having a godson with AS so I find it very helpful to hear your views on what’s important for you. Thanks again for your blog. All the best, Hazel
Great to hear you are happy with your new school Ben and doing well. The noise thing was always a problem for me and still, is so you are not alone on that. glad to hear you are enjoying your Warhammer, its a good way to to keep those fingers working. keep blogging for World Autism day.You speak for the silent majority who cannot express their feelings in such a clear way.