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A 10-Year-Old With Aspergers Was Asked To Write A Poem For School. This Is What He Wrote

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Post by Guest Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:49 pm

This is Benjamin Giroux. He's a 10-year-old with Asperger's Syndrome who attends Cumberland Head Elementary School in Plattsburgh, New York.


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Benjamin Giroux

This week, his teacher asked her students to write a poem about themselves, beginning every few sentences with "I am."
Benjamin barely talks, but his parents said he couldn't wait to start writing. He sat down at the kitchen table and didn't look up until he was finished. A few hours later, he showed the poem to his parents, who immediately got choked up.


A 10-Year-Old With Aspergers Was Asked To Write A Poem For School. This Is What He Wrote 4eqj2-autism-poem-2
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"At first, we felt sad and hurt that he feels isolated, alone, misunderstood and odd at school," Giroux told TODAY. "As the poem went on, we realized that he understands that he's odd and that so is everyone else in their own way, which is what Ben wants everyone to embrace."

Read more at http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/1603/A-10-Year-Old-With-Aspergers-Was-Asked-To-Write-A-Poem-For-School-This-Is-What-He-Wrote#JPJuDX3rb3cWtTk7.99

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Post by eddie Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:50 pm

Brilliant and very touching.
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Post by Raggamuffin Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:04 pm

I hope they asked his permission before plastering it all over the internet.
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Post by Guest Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:06 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:I hope they asked his permission before plastering it all over the internet.



It helps if you bother to read the other link


He didn't think his poem was any good, so his dad posted it to Facebook in hopes of getting some encouraging comments from family and friends. Once the National Autism Association saw the photo, they posted it to their page, where thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them


http://www.today.com/health/boy-autism-writes-i-am-odd-i-am-new-poem-t86651

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Post by Raggamuffin Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:11 pm

Whatever. I don't look at all this nonsense on the internet.
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