Ignorance Is Your Choice
By Anna Krause

 I am not invisible
So why do you treat me so?
You talk about me as if I'm not there
It makes the hurt inside me grow

I may not be able to speak out
If I'm feeling angry or sad
I may sometimes act unpredictably...
But it doesn't mean that I'm bad

Sometimes I'm just frustrated
That I'm often misunderstood
I would tell you how I'm feeling
If only I just could

I'm living in a world called Autism
Sometimes I want to be free
But please understand that Autism
Is only a part of me

I can hear the things you're saying
And I feel the pain inside
But just because I don't react
Doesn't mean I don't want it to subside

I didn't choose to have Autism
But ignorance is your choice
So don't feel big if you bully me
Just because I don't have a voice

I may have been born to be different
And stand out from the crowd
But it doesn't give you the right
To ridicule me out loud

I have unique abilities
And a personality of my own
I may not always be very sociable
I often like to be left alone

Being different makes me special
I'm one of a kind and you'll see
There's more to me than Autism
And I'm happy to be me