Hi dear

Today I am among you to share in another of the interesting contests offered in our Community. I appreciate the effort and dedication of those who are in charge of presenting these opportunities for our growth within the platform, among them the friend @fabio2614. So let's get our creativity going.

They say that if we want to do things right, we have to go one step at a time. That's what mom used to say when she needed me to learn how to do each thing. She also said that everything had its time and that before running we had to learn to walk first.

My name is Ben and I want to tell you about me and the Autism that comes with me.

I will tell you about me from the age I can remember. When I was 3 years old we didn't know at home that I had autism and we started potty training a little earlier to go to the bathroom by myself. Mom looked for songs on the internet that talked about going to the bathroom and after we heard them we sang them while we were in the bathroom, also when we played. I remember that many times I peed and pooped myself because I didn't tell her in time, however, they always had the song or the words that made me feel good.
As I got older I learned to eat by myself using the silverware. I also learned to brush my teeth and comb my hair among many other things, but there was something I always had a lot of trouble with. Letters and numbers always seemed to be against me. No matter that I already knew the letters and sounds, when I had to read, I would read something different from what was written. At home they didn't worry about it because mom always said that what happened was that I had not yet matured that part of my brain and that everything would come in its time.

One day, Mom made another of her many attempts and put a password on the family computer and I could only access it if I managed to write each letter that she dictated to me. Days went by and I felt like my head was splitting from thinking and trying over and over again to no avail. One day I sat down in front of the pc and told mom to dictate the password once more and this time I tried what I was told so many times, "Concentrate on what you are doing right now" letter by letter I was typing the 33 DIGIT password. She continued in her attempt and made me spell the name of each food I liked to eat and so we did with the name of each toy I played with. Those were days full of effort and tireless attempts that paid off in time.

During the vacations dad wanted to reward my achievements and with mom and sister we went on a well-deserved vacation at the beach that will always be in my memory.

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICOESPIRALIDOSO

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