5 Reason’s why Autism is Awesome

5 reason’s why autism is awesome, to kick off autism awareness month. Accepting the autistic people in your life a little better by learning about the ways that make them uniquely awesome.

As some of you may already know, my daughter was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. My husband also is on the spectrum. So, I am surrounded with nuero-diverse people. Here are the reasons I love them.

When you get an autism diagnosis you mourn the expectations you had for your child. After coming to acceptance with my daughter’s diagnosis I realize there are a lot of reasons why I love the parts of her that are autistic. As well as my husband. Of course, there are aggravating things, especially when you are talking about classic autism. But at the end of the day they have their positives too.

1. Uniqueness

We are all unique in our own way, but our friends and loved ones with autism are especially unique. They are unapologetically themselves. They definitely march to the beat of their own drum. As someone who tried to fit in for a lot of my life, I am envious of someone who can just be themselves and not be self-conscious about if they are different. These eccentricities can be so wonderful. Such as when you see the joy that they experience and let it show by hand flapping or vocalizations.

2. Don’t Follow the Crowd

Along with marching to the beat of their own drum comes, not following the crowd. Peer pressure is so prevent today on social media and at school, this is one thing you don’t have to worry about with autism kiddos.

They will not follow what someone tells them without question. Although gullible in other ways, they will never do something because they don’t genuinely enjoy it. Or just because the “cool kids” say that they should.

3. Sense of Humor

Although not meaning to, autism can be hilarious in many ways. A lot of times people with autism take things literally, which can make colloquialisms or sayings a challenge. Often times these miscommunications always end in a good laugh.

Humor really has to do with a lot of social skills so, sometimes jokes are told at inappropriate times or seem rehearsed. When my husband and I were first dating he always told the same joke over and over again. It became a running joke over time for us as a couple. Something that made us connected in a way that he probably didn’t set out to do, but that’s what ended up happening.

4. Own Kind of Love

Although neuro-diverse kiddos might not show you love in the same way a neuro-typical child they still show it in their own way. Depending on your child’s sensory needs and aversions they might not like the stimulation of touch.

My daughter loves to be held tightly when she is upset, but I always ask permission first. No matter if they are verbal or non-verbal they will find ways to show their love to you.

5. Fearless

This is great because my child will never be afraid to try new things, meet new people, or feel badly because she is not apart of the popular crowd. She is generally unaware of any of those things. She has anxieties about certain things but they never pertain to meeting new people or groups. This is something I have always had and it makes me jealous that she and my husband do not have that fear.

Fearlessness can also be a challenge because it is the thing that leads to elopement. Kiddos with autism can become more vulnerable to people who want to harm them in ways they might not be able to think of.

Those are the 5 things that I think are awesome about autism. What do you think makes our nuero-diverse friends awesome? Autism acceptance is so important for our friends and loved ones. For them to know that they are not weird and something that needs to be fixed, but something that is unique. Something that needs to be celebrated.

Although there are challenges to having autism they’re are tools to be learned to work within how their brain functions. Not to be stifled or made to seem more “normal”. At the end of the day we are all a little different and that’s what makes us who we are.

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