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The teacher gives the children assignments and the focus is drawn to the sight of the many distractions: the squirrel outside, the pencil rolling off the desk, the lead breaking as the pencil hits the paper. Dozen of classmates chatter as the loudspeaker booms and the teacher directs the class.With so many distractions to focus on it is hard to focus on just one task. Something takes control of his mind. He feels like it is not his own. The Control. The Focus. A million things feel like they are all going on at once. Though Autisms is a part of what makes him the person he exists to be, that does not define him. Nonetheless people don’t notice the difference at first sight, his behavior reveals what makes him Autistic. From that moment on

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