Right now, I am working on some new designs with patterns. I like patterns because they bring out the idea of fashion. There is this song called “OMG” by Usher. People were saying that, texting it, going on the internet and typing it…it was everywhere! Everyone knows that OMG means “Oh my Gosh…or goodness…or God”. I thought this would make a good t-shirt because the acronym is so popular that I decided to make the shirt. I also designed a dress with polka-dots, plaid, and stripes. Some people might think that those things don’t go together, but it’s a tiered dress and the colors complement each other. I used green, purple, orange, pink, and many other colors for the mini dress, which is perfect to wear for a summer party.
This week, I also learned a lot about cyber bullying. I want everyone to know that autistic kids can get their feelings hurt easily by cyber bullies. Sometimes, when someone says something unkind, it’s hard for me to ignore it. Someone posted a “request for uglies” on Facebook. I made a post, but I wasn’t thinking. I understand that it was wrong and I probably hurt people’s feelings. However, what happened next was that everyone started posting about me. I am not ugly. I have a beautiful heart and looks! Besides, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Their posts about me not being attractive made me feel put down and awful. The kids who were posting back to me could not understand how badly I felt inside. I felt bad for days…I still feel a little bad even now. I wish I could take back that first post, because now I know how it feels when people write about you. Next time, I am not ever going to respond back to a question like that because it could hurt other people’s feelings and I could get my feelings hurt, too.
Children with Autism and Asperger’s are told that they are smart…and they are! It’s just that some of us have trouble in school or in public. It doesn’t mean that all of us have trouble! Personally, sometimes I feel like I have trouble with work, the FCAT (that is our state test), and other academic stuff. Sometimes, I even feel like I don’t even talk to people. I would like to make more friends and talk to people. I just know that I don’t socialize too well. I am interested in all the same things as my classmates, like talking about videos on YouTube, posts on Facebook, fights in school, and other stuff. But, I don’t have too many people that talk to me about these things. I feel like just a single person when there’s no one to mingle with and talk to. That is why Facebook is so good. My brother has Asperger’s. He says he doesn’t have trouble socializing, but I think he does have a little trouble. Both of us like to post on Facebook because people will talk back. It is an easy way to make friends. So, even though sometimes I get cyberbullied on Facebook, I need to stay on because it’s a good way to socialize and talk with friends. Teachers, in general, cannot let kids socialize because they are trying to teach. There’s not enough time to talk between classes because there’s only 4 minutes. In the cafeteria, there’s enough time to talk, but it’s very loud. So, I don’t have much time in school to socialize. Facebook is a good solution to my problem, but I just have to be careful not to hurt other people’s feelings by mistake and not to get my feelings hurt.
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