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Autistic Pride Day 2010 submissions! – Music and Poetry

Below is the following people who submitted their poetry and a song for Autistic Pride Day.   They are all each on the Autism Spectrum. Thank you every one who submitted a piece of their work for Autistic Pride Day.

The song someone sent me is from Nicholas Muhlestein, who wrote this song for his English Class in school.

My Identity Rap Song
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The Royal Borough of Autism (2008)

Chen Gershuni from the Autistic Community of Israel

I took a walk down Autism Lane

Asperger Poem
By: Tara Kimberley Torme

It seems that other people don’t care
That Aspergers is everywhere

People who just don’t seem to fit in
And are told they belong in a trash bin

My brain works differently from yours
We both take different-separate doors

Sounds are much louder for me -
Mere baby crying is not ecstasy!

Textures & tastes wreck havoc with my system
What you tolerate – is torture in addition

Making friends is a pure mystery for me
It’s like figuring out the birds & the bees

Aspergers takes over my life -
I’ve been cut into two with a knife

Sometimes I’m good and know how to behave
And then my other half takes over – with a wave

Sometimes I’m quiet & calm as a squire
Other times I’ll rage out like an out of control fire

Insignificant actions, gestures and words
Will make me angrier than a flock of wild birds

Aspergers – I sometimes wonder – why me?
Yet this is the best way to be.

The Last Letter

Jennifer Garcia, a member of Adaptations

Finding our way for Autistic Pride Day 2010!!

Sometimes there are times when we just need to fill our lives up to be the best we can be. We need to ensure the culture we are here on Earth living in during our lifespan understands us and communicates to us in a way where we feel good about why we are here. Every one is here for a reason and for that reason we must all be living to fulfill it.

Some people might find there way in life might be more of a struggle than the next person standing right next to them who is feeling accomplished. It is important for our minds to be occupied with our interest to strengthen the interest and feel accomplished. Neurotypicals may not understand the way a person on the Autism Spectrum operates (hence, some people like to just say Autistic or Aspie depending who you speak to), but a person no matter what kind of struggle it may be needs to feel any kind of success to be happy. No body wants to fail and I really don’t blame any one for any type of failure they already have, but every one needs to be specially crafted at the interest at heart to see the interest flourish.

A way we need every one to craft ourselves is by believing who we are individually and never giving up. There are going to be times in any one’s life where people won’t understand many other people’s goals to succeed and the people who don’t understand may just ignore the very fact a person wants to succeed with bright smiles. Success comes in different packages. Some people may need a cure for their physical health problems to be able to live life more enjoyably while some people just need the confidence to speak up when necessary. It takes a lot for a person to have the courage to be able to speak up. We need to become the person we are intended for the world to admire and see an amazing interest at heart to be seen. Once every one has seen your special interest no matter who you are, every one becomes one with out any labels.

Labels are many people’s way of giving negative stigma to how a person is or even looks. There are some people who believe we, Autistics are a culture, but I believe we are trying incorporate our so-called culture to be a part of society. There is only 1 culture among us like there has been in the many years since our existence and that is the Human culture. We as human beings can be deceptive and hurtful to a another human being who does not fit in well. The Autistic population which ranges from the different parts of a spectrum living in this world even labels one another. It should not matter if a person is Autistic or not Autistic, and it should not matter what a person really is either.

The world can be a cruel place to live in, but it does not mean the world has to always be cruel to every one around them. When we are born in to this world, we are all specially gifted with something to build up on to succeed. The parents who were given to us hopefully will help us build that gift to be a successful human being and having the necessary distinctions of who we are. In the Autistic population, in some parts of the spectrum, there are people who need more support when they are younger to be as successful as myself or Temple Grandin or any one else on the Autistic Spectrum whose triumphed toward a healthy way of life. The Autistic people who feel like failures need the help mostly from others, especially from the Autistic population who have succeeded, make those who feel like failures just as good as a really successful person.

It takes time for any one to restart their path to success when any one has failed, but having people help guide us toward the future will only make the future brighter. Some people may feel their inner parts are beaten down too much feeling hurt, but this can not stop you from taking your childhood passion to heart and fulfilling your goal. The Autistic culture has only begun like the rest of the many cultures to help make our lives feel important. The importance of life is to know the Human nature we all have and to remember the Human culture is what really matters. We really need to help each other when we see someone else struggling too much because we need to give back to what was accomplished by us. It is what is intended to keep a culture, human.

Enjoy the day today on June 18, 2010 and remember to keep the sun shining over your head and giving back to those who are struggling the most like some of the Autistic population needing it a lot. This Autistic Pride Day will be the most special of them all so far. Be encouraged to give yourself back the passion you always wanted or have. It is the only way to live your life with enjoyment and giving yourself credit for yourself. We need to all feel dignified!

(By the way, June 18 is my Birthday if you didn’t know)

Later you will see whoever has given me their artwork, poetry, or original music on my site. It is never too late to email me your creative materials because Autistic Pride Day is the start of this for DMC! Just email me at autisticprideday@gmail.com and I will look it over and post it when I can.

Have a great day,

OUT, J

A bright future is among us and it starts on Friday for Autistic Pride Day 2010

Special future among us.   Every one has a future filled with whatever they can do to be successful.  Some people feel the anxiety of the what the future has in store for them since it is unknown.  Success is a big factor in every thing we do.  No body wants to feel like all their attempts to doing something has failed.  There is always something any one can do to have some kind of success.

People work hard and no matter how hard they may try, the wheel keeps on moving.  There are many people in the world who may not feel what I am saying is true, so you have 2 choices, believe or not believe.  Some people may have certain doubts about a particular person performing a certain job to earn a living, but it takes a real push to ignore what others may say.  I find every one always has something to say about someone who wants to succeed and has many obstacles in their way to succeed.  I have heard people say to me, Autistic people can’t succeed, so how are you succeeding.  Autistic people can succeed and can be more determined than the average Neurotypical who can do it easier. There are many people on the Autism Spectrum who have succeeded in the past besides me.

I know I am good at what I do because I hear others say it to me.  Sometimes there are certain individuals who will try to make me think I am not good at what I do to try to keep my self-worth down.  A strong person with good self-esteem does not let any one bring them down.  I know I am good because I know how to perform at the very best way.

A future arises closer than we think it does. It is the next hour of our existence.  It is up to all of us to make the next hour a wonderful hour to live or just another way of using up time.  This week there is the last week of Spring. Before we enter in to summer, friday is a special day to let every one know Autistic people are individuals with a future to succeed. Autistic Pride Day is at the end of the working week this year and Autistic people all around the world need to express who they are and their interest(s) to the rest of the world. How better to express your interest(s) than to continue to email me at autisticprideday@gmail.com to show your gifts in writing, art, or music to be seen on this blog this Friday.

We need to come together this Autistic Pride Day in order to show the world ‘A bright future is among us’. Try at the very best of what you can do to succeed.

posting soon again,

OUT, J

Gregarious Revolution XI: The beginning of the wars and beyond…

(I know I have not posted in a bit, but I just wanted to make sure EVERY ONE still knows to write me at autisticprideday@gmail.com about any of their writings and/or art to be shown on this site. Autisitic Pride Day is Friday, so it must be done before then.) Enjoy the next part of the story…

Gregarious Revolution XI: The beginning of the wars and beyond…

Deep in the ends of the ocean, there is a fallen star waiting to be helped out of the deep to its rescue.  It lies there for days, months, and thousands of years.  The deep end of the ocean is at its most bottom floor level before the central hot core of the Earth begins.  It is cold and dark with a city next door to a fallen star.

Thousands of years ago, there was a war which began between good and evil on this planet.  The war ended with a fallen asteroid which transformed the planet bringing life in different areas.  The evil empire spent a lot of pain and suffering on the people, but the war was never complete when the fallen star emerged.

The leader of the Evil Empire Matzyaphugel who is the great leader of the evil empire started the war with the mighty force which was creating a excellent world with good contributions from every one.  Matzyaphugel decided to take the world in his own hands by leaving and trying to create an empire of his own.  The leader at the time was a short stocky old man by the name of King Damionshul.  King Damionshul was beloved and respected by all for creating balance on Earth or so they thought before Matzyaphugel grew up to be the Evil Emperor.  War broke out immediately and the first to go was King Damionshul.  His funeral was never to be since the King’s body went missing.  Instead there was only memorial services for when they can finally bury their beloved King.

Just before the war ended with a fallen asteroid, the man who is known as Light Year Man emerged to help coming with a few other people.  One of which is a fallen star still embedded in the ocean floor deep at the end of the ocean.  He never made it to the land with Light Year Man or the rest of the gang, but hopefully he will rise again.

Light Year Man and his people tried their hardest to fight off the evil Matzyaphugel, but it was not enough to fight his empire off. Instead a huge asteroid struck the Earth causing a turnaround on the planet.  No body knew exactly what it was at the time, but instantly many people were vaporized who was involved in the war.

Though Light Year Man and his helpers fled the planet instantly before the asteroid hit.  The others who survived took caves 40 to 100 feet underground, some were good people while others were a part of the evil empire.  Matzyaphugel survived and fled in to a cave not too far from the present Southwestern Asia.

Life on Earth ceased to exist on the outside for over 300 years. Many animals died while new ones emerged and any old ones eventually came out of their caves with the people who survived.  Earth was different from the times of King Damionshul, but things were still 5,000 years in the making of our world today.  The Deep end of the ocean sat the fallen star very cold and dark, but the person inside very warm waiting to come out.  The person inside not realizing it will be another 5,000 years.

Deep in the heart of the Southwestern Asia lands, lived a family trying to live their life. They too did not realize what will become 5,000 years from now from one of their many children to come in the future.

The years passed by like water draining out of a faucet.  Each year that passed showed signs of progress, but also signs of tyrannical evilness.  Flashing to this year now, the world is just about coming to end of an era. War is brewing and the family in Southwestern Asia grew very angry over the years.  The Evil empire is beginning.  Leaders emerging everywhere are searching for an answer to this suffering.  Light Year man returned with his friend Flash Forward to help a friend’s daughter help the leaders of the world.  Regina’s father has seen what could happen when Light Year Man told him the whole story years ago.

Following through to the roads of the leaders of today, Light Year Man, Flash Forward, and Regina pass by many sites of history of the previous war.  Most of it is subtle so it takes time to see it.  When they finally reach the land of the leaders, Light Year Man begins to wonder about his friend deep in the ocean. He begins to think about how to finally bring him up to the land where his friend can help.

Light Year man decides to take a diversion from his original plan to meet with the leaders of today to find out how to get his friend back who is probably stuck in the portal deep in the ocean.

(Where is this friend of Light Year Man’s who is deep in the ocean for over 5,000 years? What can be done to help his friend be able to fight off the Evil Empire…? Find out next on the next episode of Gregarious Revolution!)

posting soon enough,

OUT, J

A second contest for any musician willing to write an original song in honor of Autistic Pride Day

I have a proposition for all musicians in the world to write an original song for Autistic Pride Day. The contest is for any musician to write an original song for Autistic Pride Day and email it to me at autisticprideday@gmail.com. The rules for any musician is to write 1 song and email me the audio by June 17 at 11:59pm. The best song, wins!  It will be on audio for my website on Autistic Pride Day, June 18 as well as people on the Autism Spectrum who will have their work shown from the first contest.

The song must be a celebration of Neurodiversity, the differences every one has to make their mark in the world.

Disclaimer: The song may not contain profanity or anything inappropriate.

Hope you all have a good day!

posting soon,

OUT, J

In honor of Autistic Pride Day – June 18th, I am having a contest!

Please email me your writings and/or art and I will post it on my site for Autistic Pride Day, June 18.

June 18th is Autistic Pride Day, and I am going to hold a contest in it’s honor. To enter the contest, you must submit a story, writing or artwork that you yourself worked on. You also must be a person on the autism spectrum.

This is a good chance for any of you out there on the Autism Spectrum to get noticed about your art and/or writing. For writing, it can be a poem, prose, or a section of your fiction you’d like to sample. For Artwork, you can please scan the art in to the computer and email me whatever you want sampled from your work.

If you are submitting a work of writing, make sure it is a poem, prose or a selection of your writing. If you plan to submit artwork, send the image. Be sure to include your name and contact information!

The purpose of this contest is to showcase people on the Autistic Spectrum who do not usually get to have their work displayed.

To enter the contest, please email your work to autisticprideday@gmail.com The deadline for submission will be Friday June 11th 2010, at 11:59pm. Please submit only 2 works per person and i will choose what i think is the best bunch and will post them on my site for many people to see!

Thanks for all of your continued support and it makes me happy that I have a chance to help others on the Spectrum.

Today is a beautiful Sunday with ultimate satisfaction

There are many ways we can have satisfaction, but most people say there favorite satisfaction is when the sun is out. Most people feel rejuvenated and alive when the sun is out. When it is raining, you can get that same feeling too only with harder work and/or determination.

This weekend we remember those soldiers who have fought and lost their lives in battles including those people who lost their lives due to terrorism. There are many battles we fight in our lives, some are larger well known battles like what the United States Army fights in for us and then they’re our smaller personal battles.

As we draw closer to Memorial Day, we learn of our memories of battles we have fought. Some were won, but some we are trying to win still. No one can simply fight the battles by themselves unless it is something a person needs to prove for themselves. Life is about fighting battles between good and evil. There is always someone in a person’s life who is evil enough to make others suffer.

One last note before I head out to be outside, I know a saying not many of you have heard, “Take it or leave it,” which means if you are willing to allow someone to make you suffer take it otherwise leave the situation. Do not allow yourself to be a Martyr because life is not intended for that.

Be sure to spend your day well,

OUT, J

Small things in this world lead the way of our lives in times of the rough

Stressful times and situations in our lives tend to lead the way by small things we do in our lives. Sometimes what we do and what we think are two different experiences we have with a stressful situation. We must always look at the small things we have in our life when times are stressful especially when a situation is very stressful to deal with. The longer a bad situation lasts, the more it builds up inside you. Every day a person has to stand up for his or her rights before a situation peaks. Some people’s tolerance of a stressful situation with a person can be very high, but a lot of the times many people are not this way. People must first learn to uncover the unknown, feel love, and not fear anything.

To bring an inner serenity from your situations with people, you must take some time out to feel connected to the higher powers for help. Some people may call this meditation, but a lot of people can do this in different ways. Sit down for a moment and focus on what you want out of your life. Think about all of what you are afraid of whether it being person(S), a place, a situation, a or a creature you are not sure of. When we are uncertain of what the unknown can do for us, we fear.

The unknown barks at us all the time. Most people’s fear of the unknown is their body’s time clock ending because they want to live to see a lot of things. Sometimes we are not meant to see everything. We are only meant to see or do things which are meant for our mission here on this planet. Some people take this for granted while others don’t even realize what their mission is. Some people can never figure it out while others figure it out a lot later in life. A special quality we all have is to live a fulfilling life whether it be alone in solitude or with someone special you love.

Most people can not live by themselves in solitude in fact every body at some point in their life craves to be someone they can love. Sometimes there are people in this world who say they don’t need someone to love let alone a friend. These people have so much fear of the unknown because they have gotten hurt way too many times in their lives. These people really do need friends or better yet someone they can love. It is the only thing God wants from us, to be feel love and joy for his great creation.

Now sometimes we may love someone who already has someone to love. We may become depressed because we can’t show our love for them. Love is not intended to be hurtful. It is to show us who we are intended to love and feel connected with. We begin on this planet with our families to learn how to love, and we are intended to show the world what we have learned from our families. Although some families when formed do not teach love the way it was meant to be taught. Unfortunately this happens a lot due to those parents not knowing how to love. Fortunately for some people, a special someone can show them what love is all about changing how the person may feel. This makes people become people and grow with love.

Frequently my life entails the breakthroughs of love, but a lot of the times the breakthrough of love is not meant for me. Instead you must cheer up, live your life, and continue breaking through the unknown. Although sometimes it can be meant to be if the person you love finds out the person they are with is not who they said they were. This tends to happen a lot in relationships these days. Many people do not stay true to themselves and act in a relationship rather than be in a relationship. Sometimes the person never knew how to love or sometimes it is a confusion of sexuality. It is important to feel who you are and feel connected to yourself always because the unknown is there for us to find out uncovering the mask or stone.

Feel the love in every way you can and don’t take things to the extreme!

posting soon enough,

OUT, J

Gregarious Revolution Part X: The Dream…

Regina wakes up in the middle of a deep sleep. Light Year Man and Flash Forward are sleeping in the middle of a died down campfire with Regina in the middle of the forest. Regina stands herself up very groggy at first struggling to keep her balance. She walks down a path to find a place to get away for a minute to think. She sits on a rock for a minute thinking about her father when she sees a bright light in the distance getting closer…

Standing in the distance an image of a man standing still with his arms wind open appear in front of Regina. Regina immediately recognizes the man as her father, runs up to him, but as she gives him a hug she bangs in to a tree. Confused about the situation Regina begins to cry because she misses seeing her father.

Light Year Man wakes up and walks over to Regina to tell her to get some sleep tomorrow for a big day of travel. Regina refuses to go back to bed as she starts screaming in agony over her father. Flash Forward wakes up while Light Year Man wraps his hands around Regina’s mouth to keep her quiet, then whispers in her ear, “Shhh, you are going to wake up every one around. Walk quietly back to the campsite and go to sleep.”

Regina is crying as Light year Man gives her a hug.

Light Year Man walks her over to the river nearby as Regina begins opening up about her feelings about her father and the dream/experience she just had.

Regina hesitantly tells him “I woke up suddenly from a dream I had about my father. He was sitting next to me at a park when all of a sudden I felt the ground shake. I saw two evil men swarming with their army killing whoever they saw in site. They looked very angry and wanted people to suffer. I was so scared. One of them calls to the other by the name of Yipzahmugal or by a name out of the epic Star Wars, Darth Corpse. It didn’t matter where the army was from, it was just a bunch of angry people from all over the world.” Then she struggles to say to Light Year Man “I couldn’t believe my eyes Light Year Man, people were suffering.”

Light Year Man tells Regina slowly “You have been contacted by the enemy we are going to fight. I am sorry you had to go along this way Regina with the dream, but your father must have hinted at them you are going to be with us. Here there is something troubling about what I am about to tell you, but it is a prophecy you must know.”

Flash Forward yells out “NOOOO, don’t tell her.”

“I must Flash Forward, I must.”

“NO, now is not the time. You know what happened the last time Light year Man.”

“You are right Flash Forward, you are right. Sorry Regina, you will know when it is over.”

Regina, Light Year Man, and Flash Forward walk down the dry rusted road toward Washington as the sun rises…

(The story continues this weekend as the story unravels more)

Posting other things soon,

OUT, J

Luck for today as always

We always need to know how lucky we are to be alive.   We need to all understand we need to work as team in this world and never as enemies.  This world is meant for all of us to protect.

Wish me luck today in dealing with a situation which is long overdue to deal with. Sometimes we need to appreciate the very things we get in life, but sometimes the intense stress just has to stop when the situation becomes too much.

Anyway, I will be posting new materials soon.

OUT, J

These moments for your success

Listen! See! The moments are here for us.

This week has the joyous feeling something extraordinary will happen. A feeling where nothing goes wrong and people decide to listen and see what is around them. Forget the emotions you could be feeling right now and remember to leave behind any body who tries to bring you down.

Here is a collage I made signifying the emotions we get when we are feeling success. Notice the shadow to the left of the image is seen as someone trying to knock the other person off the ladder of success. Also, comment on what you feel the rest of the images make you feel.

Have a great day and remember to find your inner sense of special diamonds inside you.

posting soon enough,

OUT, J

Lifting ourselves up with Light Year Man

The story unravels more soon as you will see about Gregarious Revolution.

posting more soon enough,

OUT, J

Special things inside of me

There are ‘special things inside of me’ which some people see and some people care not to see. These special things help me develop myself to disregard what other people think or say about me. It really does not matter when a person tries to bring others down by telling how much someone is no good even though the person succeeds. Those people really don’t have good egos and are crying inside themselves. The best thing to do when these people say these things are too tell them how inappropriate they are and walk away to do what you normally need to do. No body can let any negative talk bring you down no matter who the person is even an authority figure.

One of the hardest things for a person to do in this world is to control their emotions when negative talk is being said to them. I know a few people who try and talk down to me informing me how I am no good. One of these people are so sick that they would stop at nothing to bring myself or others down. It is quite sad. We must control our emotions and say how we feel right away. Otherwise the emotions build up for an explosion of anger. The person who says I am no good is actually not feeling good about themselves and projecting their emotions on to me. For instance, imagine someone calls you lazy (or even retarded) when you work very hard at what you do while the person continues to harass you to the point where you feel hurt and angry. You have too choices: you can use the anger to burst or you can use the anger to walk away from the situation to go to a quiet place to think about how to find people who see special things inside you.

After you have found your place away from people trying to bring you down, you begin to work very hard at controlling your emotions. The emotions are released in a positive sense by letting go of the feelings and realizing how the other person who said those things to you is really feeling. They could be having a bad day themselves and instead of reaching out, they are projecting their anger on to you.

Many people would say to me anger is fueling rage where anything can happen. It does not have to go so far as to rage in anger if only you can control the feelings inside and realize the special things inside of you or I. You must say to yourself “The person isn’t worth my time to even listen to because the person is only trying to bring you or I down.”

The special things inside of me continue to guide my life and help me to realize what potential I have to gain access to great things in my future. This week will be interesting one for me. Everything happens for a reason and I feel my angels are setting something up for me soon to fix a situation I am in. It is up to me to let them.

Think about what you could do or say to a person saying negative talk to you in a positive manner.

the new section of Gregarious Revolution coming soon,

OUT, J

Difficult situations we get ourselves in to sometimes

In many ways we get ourselves in to difficult situations which are very hard to take ourselves away from. Sometimes we don’t know what we are getting ourselves in to when we sign up for something because we either just don’t know or are thinking irrational. We have to know our limitations, but we need people to be patient enough till we can understand what we are needed to actually do. I just wonder why we all can get ourselves in to difficult situations with impatient people which we really feel we can’t get out.

Sometimes I feel these difficult situations come to us to help teach us a lesson which we need to move on with and/or are tested on. The test will show if we can actually do something which is meant for us. The possibilities are endless when we can take our time with a very patient person to learn how to do something, anything. In return, an impossibility turns in to something possible.

A sunny day after a few days of rain, brings a sense of renewal and a new era in all of us. The Sun shines bright today and whoever reads my statement I am about to tell all of you today, will shine brighter today. Discover your potential for a bright future and know you are here to learn as much as you can with whatever passion you have.

The difficult situation(s) you and I are possibly in right now can end and another door opens soon to the reward(s) we know in our heart we will receive.

More to come for Gregarious Revolution story soon…

posting others,

OUT, J

A friend’s expressive views on Television and Movies on his new Blog

My friend David Morris has started a Blog about his critiques on Television and Movies. He writes a lot of good fiction as well as some poetry in the past. His latest postings are on Television shows he has watched, giving his point of views on them.

Please read and comment if you wish from this man I know from the Adaptations program who can’t seem to make it big with his great writing.

posting more soon enough,

OUT, J