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I worked at a home for autistic adults when I was in college. In the time I was there, I remember very clearly the day that I had an experience with one of them and his trucks (he collected tonka toys, matchbook, any kind of truck you could think of) that suddenly slammed home to me that yes, he was heavily autistic, but there was a person inside of there that was trying to communicate to me. I never really looked at autistic people the same again.
This video is amazing. Not just that this girl found a way out, or that her parents never gave up on her, but because it has completely changed her life now. I've been reading her blog and she's now taking regular high school classes (english for now) and starting to grab onto the dream she's always had but couldn't have because she was locked in the hell that was her body/brain.
Figured I'd share. I think this is truly awe inspiring. And like my incident with the one guy and his trucks, it may change how people look at autistic individuals in the future.
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