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My Baby's Story

Take a moment and completely clear your mind. Picture yourself in a room that is completely dark, with no light source. At the very beginning of this mental exercise you are by yourself, yet all of the sudden other people begin to enter the room. There are so many of them, yet since darkness resides it is hard to see the full image of anyone in particular, which causes you to see only the profiles and outlines of individuals. You come to the realization that these people are enjoying talking and laughing with one another. As you focus in a little bit more on the events occurring around you, you see that there exists a giant bouncing ball in this room. Each individual is able to grasp and play with this ball when his or her turn of ownership comes around. This ball is recognized as the great ball of communication. Yet you noticed that this ball never comes to you, leaving you little chance to participate in the joining celebration of comprehension. You begin to feel completely isolated and overcome with sadness. You see that the people around you try so hard to fully comprehend and understand your expressive thoughts and words, yet they never fully get the picture that you consistently try to paint for them. Intense feelings of frustration arise, since your projected views are not being acknowledged as they should, or as well as everyone else's in the room. You try so hard to make them see your point. "Just let them understand me" is the thought that replays in your mind. You feel as though you live in an imaginary bubble. This bubble causes the communication coming in and going out to be extensively confusing and extremely misunderstood. Right now you might feel as though separation and distance from your environment in your only safety net to keeping yourself at a sane point.

Why would anyone be subjected to these emotions throughout their daily lives? Who are they and what causes them to feel this way? Her name is Summer Rae and she is 10 yrs. old. She was diagnosed with a disorder known as Asperger's Syndrome when she was just 2 yrs. old. She is my little girl.
The majority of people, when they hear the word autism, automatically perceive the person who has it as being mentally retarded or severely handicapped, yet there are many different levels of autism and Asperger's Syndrome is considered to be of the mildest forms research has acknowledged. Asperger's Syndrome, with manycharacteristicsof autism, more specifically affects a person's

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