Inspiration

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Posted By Sharon on October 24, 2000 at 20:54:15:

About nine years ago, when I was just eleven, I picked up the book on Robertito DeSoto at our local library while idly browsing through the shelves on the adult non-fiction section. I had only vaguely heard of autism before then, but when I read the book, I was quiet and contemplative for a long time.

The book mentioned another book, Son-Rise. I tried in vain to find a copy, but nobody could find it or had a copy of their own I could borrow. Finally, when I was fourteen, the library got Son-Rise, the Miracle Continues. I pounced on the book and devoured it, wanting to read the story of a child that had come so far, and how his parents had reached him in the name of love.

I don't have any particular reason for the stories, I have known few autistic people and those were high-fucntioning enough to live in normal society. I expect in some ways I could identify with the emotional distance I have heard them describe, the feeling of being different. I always strove to keep away from other people as a child, so while I am not autistic, I can understand what it means to be alone--maybe even to *want* to be alone.

Maybe it is a concept I still struggle with. I just have a fear of meeting and interacting with people, a fear I have carried for many years. I have learned to face down and battle this fear, to not let it control me. Working in the High School Newspaper when I was still in school, and working in a restaraunt now, has greatly helped me to overcome some of my anxiety at being around other people. And the books are a great source of information and inspiration.

One of my greatest dreams is to use the one area where I have no fear--writing. In the written world, the true me comes out, and it has been these books, among others, that gives me the courage to reach out for my goals in life--one is to become a writer.

My mind may dance among the clouds,
but my heart's dancefloor is among the stars.

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Comments:: About nine years ago, when I was just eleven, I picked up the book on Robertito DeSoto at our local library while idly browsing through the shelves on the adult non-fiction section. I had only vaguely heard of autism before then, but when I read the book, I was quiet and contemplative for a long time. : The book mentioned another book, Son-Rise. I tried in vain to find a copy, but nobody could find it or had a copy of their own I could borrow. Finally, when I was fourteen, the library got Son-Rise, the Miracle Continues. I pounced on the book and devoured it, wanting to read the story of a child that had come so far, and how his parents had reached him in the name of love. : I don't have any particular reason for the stories, I have known few autistic people and those were high-fucntioning enough to live in normal society. I expect in some ways I could identify with the emotional distance I have heard them describe, the feeling of being different. I always strove to keep away from other people as a child, so while I am not autistic, I can understand what it means to be alone--maybe even to *want* to be alone. : Maybe it is a concept I still struggle with. I just have a fear of meeting and interacting with people, a fear I have carried for many years. I have learned to face down and battle this fear, to not let it control me. Working in the High School Newspaper when I was still in school, and working in a restaraunt now, has greatly helped me to overcome some of my anxiety at being around other people. And the books are a great source of information and inspiration. : One of my greatest dreams is to use the one area where I have no fear--writing. In the written world, the true me comes out, and it has been these books, among others, that gives me the courage to reach out for my goals in life--one is to become a writer. : My mind may dance among the clouds, : but my heart's dancefloor is among the stars.