My name is Jon and my brother, Joe, has autism.
He was diagnosed with autism at the age of six but it took the doctors quite
some time to figure out what it was that he had, because children at such a
young age don’t often exhibit particular behaviors that would immediately
suggest that they had autism.
My brother is nine years older than me, so I have always
known him to be exactly how he is today. He’ very self-sufficient, and absolutely
loves music, especially old music, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s genres. He loves
cassette tapes and has a mountain of them in his room that he likes to listen
to, and my brother Sean always converts music for him since he’s good with computers
and technology.
During the day my brother works at a company that is very friendly
to those with disabilities. He works in assembling and absolutely loves it. His
typical work day starts at about 8:00a.m. and will last until 2:00p.m. with
weekends and Wednesday off every week. Watching him come home from work every
day makes me so happy because he always has such a huge grin on his face and
always says ‘Good Day’ as soon as he gets home, it’s really heartwarming.
Unfortunately there are some days that things aren’t always
as good as others. My brother on occasion will have seizures due to his disability,
which can be really frightening. The first time I ever witnessed him having on I
immediately froze up and didn’t know what to do, even though n my heart all I wanted
to do was help. It just took me by surprise.
At the end of the day my brother may have a disability, but
he’s really just like everyone else. Smart, intelligent, fun-loving guy just
trying to have a normal life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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