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An Autistic Kid with a Unique Personality
/ sbsk What is "Normal" inspired by the Jetta video above. She's doing a damn good job of dealing with Autism.
#1 there is no such thing as normal. We are all different based on millions of structures, electricity, and chemicals in our brains that separate us from others in terms of the way our brains operate. I have "Bipolar 1" and "Severe Panic Attacks" which are based on "chemical" malfunctions in the brain that only other chemicals (i.e. medications) can set back to "near normal" so I know what it's like to be "different," but not "wrong," never wrong. And yet because of the same building blocks that make up all our brains, we are alike enough to allow us to come together, and different enough to split apart as well. Even if we don't have the exact same ideals and beliefs, we are alike enough to be able share those ideas with other people. Alike in how we function as humans on a basic level yet also within our complexity either find "solace" alone in silence or "belonging" in crowds. (I'm a lone wolf myself. No friends except the people I work with. But that never leaves work. I've always loved to take long walks alone at Twilight as a teen, and to walk through shopping malls alone feeling alone yet being among hundreds of people.)
I think it's also important to remember #2 because of this, these differences, as many as there are people on the planet, there is nothing "wrong" with Jetta, she is only "different" from other people. Yet in a "similar" way I'm different from my store manager, politicians are different from others in deep rooted political beliefs. Or kids in the neighborhood who don't gel with some of the other kids. And I hate to force other people into a box, but in this video she's more truthful and forthcoming than most people I see on the net or know in real life.
People might say, "I wouldn't want my kid to be like that." I think it would be an honor to have someone so different and genuine. I never had kids, something that haunts me often. But if I did, I wouldn't hesitate to feel blessed to have a daughter like Jetta. Thank you, Jetta, for your time and honesty. Thank you, Chris, for making videos like this. I've watched a few of them, and it really makes me mad when people say you're exploiting people by making these videos. On the contrary, you're teaching us to be accepting and therefore better individuals. Those like us see these kids as a way to look at the world in a different light while still being a part of it.
Keep on going, you are fighting the good fight. And find solace in silence like Jetta does.
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