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BOBBY TRUNLEY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AT FOUR YEARS OLD. BOBBY STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE TRYING TO FIT IN, WHILST DEALING WITH BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION AT MANY LEVELS. LITTLE DID HE KNOW HIS OBSESSION FOR TOY CARS AND SPINNING THEIR WHEELS WOULD BE THE WAY FORWARD TO A FULFILLING AND HAPPY FUTURE. MY SUPERPOWER I was born with a superpower. I didn’t know it for the majority of my life because I thought my Autism was more of a curse than a gift. I couldn’t get the words that were in my head to come out because when I tried to speak they would come out wrong, so I gave up. I would get angry and frustrated because I couldn’t say how I felt, what I needed
and what I wanted to do. It made me anxious so I would take myself away and find my own world with the things I loved the most, my toy cars. I had hundreds and I loved them. I loved the ones with the smoothest turning wheels, these were always the fastest. If the wheels turned freely they would shoot across the floor and I would imagine they were on a race track. I spent hours
spinning their wheels, listening closely for the sound which told me the car would be fast. I would then choose the best and the racing would start. I still have every car packed away in the loft. Memories of the many happy hours spent. Starting school was the hardest thing for me. I didn’t speak well and found it hard to make friends. Playtime couldn’t come quick
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