My name is Mary and here is a poem that I wrote about living my life as a person with Asperger's Syndrome:
Many people have feelings, emotions-
From happy to mad but I'm a different person.
Life is a big challenge but I love
being autistic me.
Shy, sensitive, different- I am me.
You cannot change me
For it's my nature
that autism is part of me.
Feeling different than others
because of my Asperger's
I've been struggling through it in the past
Never knowing when it'll finally last.
Nobody understands the struggle
It's worse than learning to juggle.
But no matter what I go through
I must remain faithful and true.
For I am me and you mustn't change me.
For it's my nature that autism is a part of me.
I am me.
Spokane, WA
