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ANOTHER DAY IN MY
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Autistic World
um and dad give me my morning routine pictures so I don’t get confused. It’s happened a few times before; I’ve gone outside in the rain without my clothes on because I don’t always remember how to do things in the right order. We all have breakfast. Mine is soggy and soft. That’s the way I like it. I don’t like brushing my teeth. I don’t understand what I am supposed to do. Dad is driving us to school today. He is shouting at me and my fingers are all wrinkly from playing with the water. I enjoy it so much that I forget about
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the time. I’ve started biting my fingers. I don’t mean to be late or naughty. My sister and I wait outside for dad to open the car. I whisper to myself, ‘Quiet, quiet.’ The cat, Bruno, three houses down the street, is meowing – it is too noisy for me. Nobody else seems to notice. I’m hitting my head. It’s so noisy. We are late for school. That’s good. It is quieter now the kids have stopped running and shouting. School is fine when I have someone to help me. I need to know what tasks I am supposed to do, how much time I have, what I am doing after
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