Autism Able - Poem

About a month ago, a well-known motivational YouTube filmmaker, Dhar Mann, released a video about an autistic person who gets hired to work at a local restaurant. Due to his autism, he cannot speak and therefore uses an iPad application to communicate with the people around him. As he tries to help out around the place, all intentions perfectly normal, his boss tries to humiliate and embarrass him, and eventually tries to have him fired. The ending...

Well, I am not going to spoil it for you but you can watch it here if you'd like.

After seeing that video, I kept watching it various times and just a few days ago, wrote a poem based on the video which I am sharing here. I hope you enjoy it.

And remember, "Autism is not a disability. It's just... a different ability."

Yitzy Schweitzer

Autism Able - Poem

I may be different from you,

Yes, I may learn in another way.

But still, I am just like you

And I’m just going about my day.

 

You may ridicule me, embarrass me,

Speak behind my back

And while your words may hurt, remember

You are only hurting yourself; you are under your own attack.

 

It is called autism

This condition that makes me different from others

And when you see me, I am a stranger

Strangely we aren’t brothers.

 

It hurts to see this happen

To people who have a disability, because it’s not their fault if they do.

So, reach out, give a hand.

To me, from you

 

One thing they failed to teach you

One thing you fail to see

It’s that

Autism IS NOT a disability

It’s just…

A different ability.