I'm sure you all have heard the usual statistics: 1 in every 110 kids is diagnosed with it now, & it is much more prevalent in boys than girls (5 times more boys have it than girls, I believe).

I'm sure you all have met someone with autism sometime in your life. You may know this person very well, you may not, it may even be you yourself.

We can all help though. Find ways to help.

This topic makes me sad (it's very personal to me) But it has to be addressed.

There is a kid in my school who has Autism. When ever he isn't being influence by the football players, he is a nice kid.

My brother has autism.
It's hard and nerve-racking sometimes but we've learned to get use to his behavior.

Is it severe or mild?

I have Autism myself. Aspergers Syndrome to be exact.

It's mild. I'm a smart person, and I'm a nice person when people aren't being bitches to me about certain stuff.

It may affect me socially but I've become a social butterfly.

I think severe; Aspergers would be mild wouldn't it?

Well mine is mild so I was just wondering. Mine isn't Aspergers, but it is mild.

I got a lot of help for it as a child, I am so grateful.

you have autism? what is it like??

I didn't know you were autistic. Although I did wonder why people thought you were weird for talking about music all the time.

I guess I understand why now.

How is it weird I talk about music all the time on a music forum?

I wasn't referring to here. I was referring to real life. You said before that when you talk about charts and stuff like that people think your nerdy and weird.

Oh

Well, like all people, I learn from my mistakes. Now, I know people aren't interested, so I don't even try. It helps I have this site

I do have one friend though, but she likes talking about music too. She says I keep her "up to date".

Yeah, it's not that bad. It was more of a middle school thing.

You're in middle school?

No

Well, for me, when I was little, it took years & years of... I guess you could call it therapy. Not like crazy therapy, but stuff like speech therapy, social therapy, etc. All of this was as a little child. Today & for the past few years I have gotten absolutely none.

It can be hard for me to make eye contact & stuff, but as I continue to grow so will my social experience. If I tell anyone I have autism now, they have absolutely no idea.

I can try to answer any questions people have

Triple post

I just saw a commercial where Toni Braxton was talking about autism

I love that woman, she has so much class

I've got AS…love the genius part.

Everything else sucks, but I'm happy to be alive and I'm always grateful for my friends and family.

I was tested for autism when I was little because I didnt speak for a whole year in School I had speach therapy and everything. They thought I was deaf. To this day I have had Special Needs. I may have a very mild case but because I didnt show enough signs of it.

These autism people are needed to be taken care by us & Autism is severe when such these people overreact to us