Imagine that you were born with only one arm. You went through life struggling with many of the most basic tasks. Yet somehow, that one arm, because of all its exertions, was able to function fantastically well, and far in excess of what most other people were able to achieve with two arms.
Imagine too, that you, that you took all this as normal, because it was all you knew. Imagine that you had never noticed that everybody else had two arms, until late in life, someone pointed it out to you. At this point you realised why other people managed to all the things you had always found so difficult. Up to now you had a deep sense of being a failure, having been told so often 'Well everybody else can manage. Why can't you?' Then you suddenly realise that, given your great handicap, you have in fact survived remarkably well, and have achieved a great deal.
Now substitute the word ' autism' for the words 'one arm'. This is the story of my life.
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