Autism Student Interview

An intellectual college student, who attends Lipscomb University explains the challenges and obstacles that students with disability encounter in school. I interviewed Rudy Castillo, who was detected with autism at the age of three to discuss his personal experience. This student as any other played sports throughout middle and high school but also was bullied by others. Rudy’s story explains his journey about overcoming the struggles that autism presents. After all, Rudy’s plan is to help others understand his disability and encourage those with autism to embrace their abilities. Through the support of his family, Rudy Castillo received help from a specialist in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Autism defined as a disability that enables the person to communicate and form relationships with other people. These are both symptoms that Rudy Castillo, who is my

older brother, experienced throughout his early childhood. He begins to explain “At age eight, I lost the ability to communicate with other which left my parents to devastate who were able to communicate with me.” It reflects how autism does not affect himself but others around him including our family and friends. Also, he mentions, “I had always experienced many difficulties forming relationships in school and never really had any friends from elementary through high school which also affected me.” Rudy begins to start crying after explaining the difficulties many students have never experienced throughout his childhood. Although, Rudy is excellent at expressing his message across and providing material to support his ideas. Today many individuals do not understand that have a disability does not prevent you from attending college or playing sports. I’m astonished to know that my brother can memorize every important event in history which many of us fail to do.
Afterward, I asked, “What motivates you to overcome challenges that you face?” Rudy’s response was, “You work with what you have, and live the life that God has given you to you as a gift.

I have accomplished many things that people would always doubt of especially attending college which requires a higher academic standard. But, I’m here to inspire others with autism that God is in control and our faith is what unites us.” He has dedicated his life to spreading his message through churches and on social media informing others that there is hope. Everyone can relate to the question since we all face challenges throughout life that others wouldn’t understand. In the eyes of God, Rudy is an average person who is a disable person, but it didn’t stop him from attending college. Also, Rudy explains that “Autism defines me and he understands others who have experience and related to them.” On numerous occasions, I asked my brother if he would wish wasn’t born with a disability but always replied with no. Personally, I would have never wanted my brother to be born with autism since he has experienced many difficulties in

life.
Rudy and many other students detected with a disability have experienced bullying in school. He has experienced bullying because of his disabled since he did have a tough time communicating with others at a young age. Rudy stated, “Yes, I treated poorly by other students in my school, but I never let that get to me. You hear stories about disability students being physically hurt by the bully which is sad to hear. Today many adults and teenagers see disability as a joke without trying to be informed of the causes and effect it has on that person.” This is the reason I want to present Rudy’s story to tell how it affects the individual’s emotions. A person that is detected with a disability is kept with it today doctor’s still have not been capable of finding a solution to fix it. Although, my brother explains that he has not experienced any bullying in college since people are aware of the disability. He is not treated terribly by the students or professor who understand the difficulties of comprehending his actions and personality. Children’s detected with autism have a difficulty controlling their emotions since it affects them personally. They aren’t about to express their anger or sadness as a normal person would react. And this is a reason my brother would never reveal how poorly he treated and bullied throughout the years.
Throughout the interview, which lasted ten minutes, Rudy Castillo showed his experience with autism and helping others who suffer from it. Disability enables the person from communicating, walking, or understanding but through a specialist, Rudy was never detected with high symptoms of autism. In this interview, He explains the challenges that many other disability students face in school by bullies or teachers who find them different. Overall, the problems Rudy experienced he did not allow his disability to stop him from attending college. He expressed, “It allowed me to feel welcome into the community where I’m not treated with disrespect.” His purpose of sharing his story is to let the people know how to prevent cruel treatment among disability people. Also, encouragement is a major key in allowing those with a disability to understand opportunities are available for them. Rudy expressed the amount of encouraging words from his friends and family made a difference in his life. Until this day, he continues to receive thousands of encouraging words of people who have seen him grown throughout the years. This is one story that continues to impact many other parents and families who are learning to process it.