The Proud Autistic

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I did this poem because of the Autism craze in the world. So many people still don't know how it feels to have Autism and why most autistics don't want to be cured. I don't know if a poem like this has already been published or been on this site before, but this poem is for every autistic person in mind, including me. Critique to your heart's content

The Proud Autistic
By
DeUndrae Perry


A curse
A contaminant
That’s what I have;
That’s what I possess
To the world;
To you, Gaea
My mind can clearly construct
Yet my tongue speaks jumble
When I converse with someone
Or when I’m listening to loud noises
I go blank;
I have meltdowns
“Pull up your socks,” they will say
“Let’s play Cowboys.”
And I pull up my socks
Or sit in the corner
And they look at me strange
Or bear little attention to me
I joke at a formal party
Joke at work
The host scolds me
Or the boss fires me
Would this world acknowledge my condition
Would it accept me for who I am
Must I wander in agony around you Gaea
Or tread along the path of Hel
Forget me
And forget you
For you mislead yourself like a June bug;
You walk like a hind-legged boar in the water
You shroud my kind with your cloak
And you spoon-feed me with castor oil
What goddess are you
The Lord knows you
Who presses favorites with your children
Or scorches us who fail in your delight
You bear hatred on us Cyclops;
You view us as freaks
Over the Titans
Or at least the gods
Yet you don’t know
(Or do you?)
The power we have
The gifts we possess
We’re creative
Unique
Look at our art
View our contributions
Pokémon
Stephen Spielberg
Hans Christian Andersen
Albert Einstein
See your favorites hang out with us
See us happy, accepted, and scholary
Your favorites have as many flaws
As we have gifts
We’re mere mortals;
We’re mere ants
Crawling on your belly
Or at least in Poseidon’s realm
So bear not judgment on us
Bear judgment on yourself
Not future generations
Nor those in heaven
For we have flaws
And just as much gifts
And our kind is unique
We’re made for a purpose
So accept us
Don’t kill us or make us conform with society
I have autism;
I have Asperger’s Syndrome
And I sing out to the world;
I am a proud autistic

EPIC WIN

that was brilliant.....you will go far in life......i promise you

Thank You guys! I knew you would like it. I got tired of Autism Speaks and other dehumanizing websites of Autism growing larger and more powerful by negatively publiciting about us, so I wrote this poem. It's about time for us to fight back negative publicity with our own experiences with Autism. People think Autism harms the person, but I don't think so, as you. To me, Autism is a gift, and just like diseases and other disorders, it's there for a purpose; it's there to keep humanity in check. If something harmful affected someone like cancer, humanity should do something to cure it, but something harmless like Autism? That's complete nonsense. Would I want my kids (if I have any) ten, or even twenty years from now, viewing him- or herself as defective because of Autism Speaks and others like it? Would you? Time for all of us to make a change, not just to better our lives, but the future autistics' lives as well. Thank you.

Its good to be a proud Autistic.

I LOVE IT! I'm proud to be autistic!

That's good.