A couple of days ago one of the readers of our Facebook page AutismTalk share this brilliant poem written by her two ones one of whom is an autistic. In the poem he tells us what it is really like to be a person with ASD at school.

Holly very graciously have us permission to share it with you here. She says “A poem written by my two sons !Daniel wanted to express some feelings and help people understand him and release how he feels and had his older brother help with words and spelling.”

I CAN NOT READ EMOTIONS ON YOUR FACE,THAT ISN’T A REASON TO MAKE ME FEEL SO OUT OF PLACE.
MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND DIRECTIONS WELL,I HAVE HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM IF YOU COULD NOT TELL.

I DON’T LIKE LOUD NOISES LIKE WHEN TEACHER YELLS,IT MAKES ME IN FEAR SO I COVER MY EARS. MY DISABILITIES MAKE THINGS HARD FEELS LIKE EVERY DAY I AM IN HELL.

I ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK,HATE HOW MY TEACHER CALLED ME A FINK.

I HAVE BEEN BULLIED MY TEACHER AND PEERS,I SPEND MY DAY AT SCHOOL WITH FEARS I FEEL IMPAIRED,MY MOM TELLS ME TO BE ME AND NOT SCARED.

I MELTDOWN AND GET FRUSTRATED,I DON’T FEEL WELCOMED AT SCHOOL BECAUSE WHAT THE TEACHER,KIDS AND PRINCIPLES HAVE DEMONSTRATED.

BY DANIEL AND EDWARD DIAZ

If you have a poem about autism you would like to share on this blog when not paste it into the comments box below or if you would like is to showcase it as a blog please sent it to info@patienttalk.org.

Thanks very much in advance.