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04-08-2017, 03:09 AM
https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/7G-o7kUm-QbAIcSlAGT151cNc9g/fit-in/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2016/04/13/615/n/24155406/dd5cd767_edit_img_image_16442351_1460553842_thumb. jpg (https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Little-Boy-Autism-I-Am-New-Poem-40918118)When 10-year-old Benjamin was given a school assignment to write a poem titled "I Am" - using 18 prewritten prompts such as "I see," "I hear," and "I feel" - he could have written just about anything to fill in those blanks. However, Benjamin has autism, so his poem turned out to be an eye-opening look into what it feels like for him to be different. He wrote how it feels to be "odd" and out of place, to feel "like a boy in outer space." His mom posted the honest and vulnerable poem to the National Autism Association's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NationalAutism/photos/a.419315444282.209733.299524134282/10154112555864283/?type=3&theater) to share with the world what it's like to be a young child with ASD.
Read his beautiful words in his adorable little-boy handwriting above.
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Little-Boy-Autism-I-Am-New-Poem-40918118)
Read his beautiful words in his adorable little-boy handwriting above.
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Little-Boy-Autism-I-Am-New-Poem-40918118)