HOW AUTISM FREED ME TO BE MYSELF (BY ROSIE KING- IRENE VEZZOLI)

 

People usually associate autism with silent people, with a human being quiet all his life, and not with people that love to speak as Rosie, but that’s a stereotype, and nowadays most of them are wrong.

The woman explains that the actual society is very afraid of variety and think that everyone has to fit in a little box, but she doesn’t agree with that thought. Why do we continue believing that people and following their stupid rules?

As an autistic woman, Rosie explains that she is very imaginative and that her “illness” has allowed her to actually be herself and not caring about other people’s opinion.

She also highlights that in her opinion, even though autism has a lot of advantages, it also has some troubles, as going to school, because teachers are not used to treat with people with that kind of problems.

Finally, she concludes her speech explaining that instead of excluding people who doesn’t fit in the box, we should celebrate uniqueness and respect everyone’s personality.