Reclaiming normal status I've lost through my school life
Teachers, classmates, kids and adults in my neighborhood, and sometimes even parents referred me as a problem child.
One day when I was in university, my mom told a story. She doubted if I had autism, listening to a radio education counseling program. She finally denied it because I had no problem as long as my test scores at school were concerning. At that time, the concept of autism had just begun to be received in Japan, and the existence of high-functioning autism, with normal intellectual ability, was yet to be recognized. It was 15 years later since then that developmental disability with normal intellectual ability was somehow recognized in Japan.
It was after I finished university that I was not at all able to sit still at classes, although time passed and I perceived that I had gotten through them anyway and graduated schools. Even now, I find it difficult to sit still in a worship service at my local church. If my mom went there and see, she would be shocked to see I was so nervous and restless.
Well, in spite of all my restless nature, I would like to reclaim my status of being normal, becoming able to contribute to society. I'm on the way of looking for how to realize this.
One day when I was in university, my mom told a story. She doubted if I had autism, listening to a radio education counseling program. She finally denied it because I had no problem as long as my test scores at school were concerning. At that time, the concept of autism had just begun to be received in Japan, and the existence of high-functioning autism, with normal intellectual ability, was yet to be recognized. It was 15 years later since then that developmental disability with normal intellectual ability was somehow recognized in Japan.
It was after I finished university that I was not at all able to sit still at classes, although time passed and I perceived that I had gotten through them anyway and graduated schools. Even now, I find it difficult to sit still in a worship service at my local church. If my mom went there and see, she would be shocked to see I was so nervous and restless.
Well, in spite of all my restless nature, I would like to reclaim my status of being normal, becoming able to contribute to society. I'm on the way of looking for how to realize this.
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