My Life Living With Autism By Casey Hurley

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My Life

Living With Autism By Casey Hurley


What Is Autism Autism is a life time mental health condition from the day you are born till the end of your old age. People with Autism normally face huge challenges of what the normal expectations are to be made in life and by society. They have different behaviours and views from an average person. The mental condition impacts how the person thinks, feels, views and its social interactions with others and how they deal with what ever situation and environment they are at

My Life Coping With Autism

My life earlier on especially my school life was an unpleasant experience it was more difficult even at home where my father and I did not even get along at all. My father always talked smack down on me about my how terrible my Maths and English was he was always negative and I gained resentment towards him and then I had to go to school and I had a hard time coping in class, I even had a support assistant to sit next to me in class. Since I was 12 years old I was not liked by many people. There a Japanese Proverb “The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down” I was that huge nail that got hammered down a lot. I was treated not like a human being. I was called names and given trash by many other people it was a living nightmare for me my home life was not great and my school life was more suffering.

F*****G Retard

Stupid Dumb S**T


The Nail That Sticks Up Get Hammered Down This is a Japanese proverb talking about someone who comes across different and unfamiliar to encounter with. That person can be viewed negatively. In Human nature we don’t like others, or even things that don’t come across familiar to us, if we are not familiar with a person and its behaviour, we come across negative and that is how discrimination happens. Unfortunately us Human beings are still not used to dealing with people with Autism because they don’t know how to deal with people who have Autism and most likely have never encountered with a person with Autism. So Autistic people will stand out and people will feel repulsed towards them and will ostracise them. As a Human Race we still have a long way to go to achieve equality.

突 き 出 た 釘 が 槌 で 打 た れ る


Facts About Autism

Symptoms Of Autism

Autism is derived from the Greek word Autos which means alone. People with Autism face a higher chance of social isolation and loneliness Anyone can be affected with Autism but studies shown that Boys are four times more likely to have Autism than compared to Girls.

Sleep Problem

Hyperactivity

People with Autism have a high chance of being targeted for school bullying they are the usually the huge nails that stick out and get hammered down. Majority of Autistic individuals usually have poor social skills due to speech and language difficulties.

Prefers Solitude

Repetitive Behaviour

Reckless Actions


Autism Awareness Day Autism Awareness Day is a global event to help spread awareness for many individuals with Autism and parents who have Autistic children, sons or daughters. It is on the 2nd of April every year. April is Autism awareness month. It has been created by United Nations General Assembly Day of Observance since 2008. Ever since this event came globally many people have began understanding how to deal with Autistic people and become more kind and considerate towards them. This is a positive global movement. Blue is the colour for the event so wear blue on the event. So get out there and have fun and lets spread awareness, this is a one step for Humanity for a peaceful and happy world.

Well Known Autistic People Stephen Wiltshire Is an autistic artist from Britain. Who is well known for memorising most famous urban cities such as London, New York and Tokyo and even memorised the whole layout of the city and even drew the cities from memory.

Kambel Smith Is an autistic artist and illustrator who self taught himself in Art and Design. He is known for making projects out of cardboard models and even using oil paintings and made architectural landmark of Atlanta with it.

Albert Einstein A well known physicist from Germany. Well known for making the calculations and engineering of the atomic bomb for Hiroshima. At 9 years of age, Albert Einstein wasn’t able to speak properly and couldn’t tie his shoe laces.


Thank You For Reading Please spread awareness for Autism with your help we can make this a better world for them and for future generation, For restoring faith to Humanity, We can do it with your help. It is a dark, harsh and cruel world out there we need all the help we can get.

By Casey Hurley


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