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'Does autism make me bad?' Girl, 7, pens heart-wrenching note after hearing of autistic children being chained up by their parents
A seven-year-old autistic girl has penned a heart-wrenching letter asking whether her condition makes her 'bad'.
Cadence, who was born with autism, wrote the note to her mother, Angela, while sheltering under her schoolteacher's desk which she views as a 'safe place'.
Overwhelmed by hearing negative stories about children with autism being chained up, the seven-year-old from Queensland said being born with the condition did not mean she was 'born bad'.
'Does autism make me bad?' she wrote in the message which has been posted on her 'I am Cadence' Facebook page.
Cadence wrote the note to her mother, Angela, while sheltering under her schoolteacher's desk which she views as a 'safe place
'Grownups always say it's hard being mum or dad if your kid is autism and it said on the TV if your autism you hurt people.
'And kids who are autism have to be put in a gale to keep others safe or tied up (sic).'
Her mother responded to the heart-breaking message, asking 'What do you believe?'
Cadence replied, saying: 'I don't like hurting people. I don't like being scared.
'I would be scared in a gail room. I was born autism, but that doesn't mean I was born bad.'
She reduced her mother to tears, who responded saying: 'I have happy tears that you know what is true; and I have sad tears because there are lots of people who don't know what is true.'
Seven-year-old schoolgirl Cadence (pictured) penned a touching letter asking whether being born with autism makes her 'bad'
Overwhelmed by hearing negative stories about children with autism being chained up and restrained, she said being born with the condition did not mean she was 'born bad'
The seven-year-old has been diagnosed with speech and language delays, severe anxiety and selective mutism, but she is intellectually well above expectations for her peer level and age.
Her mother said that Cadence's sensory differences means she 'hears, sees and observes every detail around her' including every conversation, every sight and every smell.
'What 'messages' are children hearing - from ourselves, from other parents, at school, from media and in the general community,' she said in the message which has been shared almost 1,000 times.
'And what are the 'take home' learnings, spoken or unspoken, they are internalizing from these messages?
'This 'conversation', between Cadence and myself, started under her teachers desk - a 'safe place' where Cadence had put herself in her confusion that she was somehow 'bad' - a belief that had culminated from over-hearing other parents and hearing news stories.'
This comes just days after a 16-year-old boy with autism was rushed to hospital after he was allegedly found chained up in his family's Blacktown home in western Sydney.
Cadence has previously penned a Year 1 essay about why autism makes her different.
'Autism is why I'm different. Its why I don't talk. Its why I get scared of people,' she wrote.
'Its why I like to know things before they happen. Its why I like sharp pencils. Its why I like mummy cuddles. Its why I get sad at parties.
'It's why I like to hide in cupboards. Its why I like jumping and somersaults. Its why mummy speaks differently from me. Its why I need more time to do things.
'It might be why I'm clever but my brain might have just been born clever just like it was born Autism. My hair was born blonde. I am Cadence. I am just me.'
SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3316306/Autistic-girl-writes-heart-wrenching-note.html
'Does autism make me bad?' Girl, 7, pens heart-wrenching note after hearing of autistic children being chained up by their parents
- Autistic seven-year-old girl Cadence penned touching note to her mother
- Queensland girl asked whether being born with condition makes her 'bad'
- Mother said she heard stories about autistic children being restrained
- Cadence wrote: 'I don't like hurting people. I don't like being scared'
A seven-year-old autistic girl has penned a heart-wrenching letter asking whether her condition makes her 'bad'.
Cadence, who was born with autism, wrote the note to her mother, Angela, while sheltering under her schoolteacher's desk which she views as a 'safe place'.
Overwhelmed by hearing negative stories about children with autism being chained up, the seven-year-old from Queensland said being born with the condition did not mean she was 'born bad'.
'Does autism make me bad?' she wrote in the message which has been posted on her 'I am Cadence' Facebook page.
Cadence wrote the note to her mother, Angela, while sheltering under her schoolteacher's desk which she views as a 'safe place
'Grownups always say it's hard being mum or dad if your kid is autism and it said on the TV if your autism you hurt people.
'And kids who are autism have to be put in a gale to keep others safe or tied up (sic).'
Her mother responded to the heart-breaking message, asking 'What do you believe?'
Cadence replied, saying: 'I don't like hurting people. I don't like being scared.
'I would be scared in a gail room. I was born autism, but that doesn't mean I was born bad.'
She reduced her mother to tears, who responded saying: 'I have happy tears that you know what is true; and I have sad tears because there are lots of people who don't know what is true.'
Seven-year-old schoolgirl Cadence (pictured) penned a touching letter asking whether being born with autism makes her 'bad'
Overwhelmed by hearing negative stories about children with autism being chained up and restrained, she said being born with the condition did not mean she was 'born bad'
The seven-year-old has been diagnosed with speech and language delays, severe anxiety and selective mutism, but she is intellectually well above expectations for her peer level and age.
Her mother said that Cadence's sensory differences means she 'hears, sees and observes every detail around her' including every conversation, every sight and every smell.
'What 'messages' are children hearing - from ourselves, from other parents, at school, from media and in the general community,' she said in the message which has been shared almost 1,000 times.
'And what are the 'take home' learnings, spoken or unspoken, they are internalizing from these messages?
'This 'conversation', between Cadence and myself, started under her teachers desk - a 'safe place' where Cadence had put herself in her confusion that she was somehow 'bad' - a belief that had culminated from over-hearing other parents and hearing news stories.'
This comes just days after a 16-year-old boy with autism was rushed to hospital after he was allegedly found chained up in his family's Blacktown home in western Sydney.
Cadence has previously penned a Year 1 essay about why autism makes her different.
'Autism is why I'm different. Its why I don't talk. Its why I get scared of people,' she wrote.
'Its why I like to know things before they happen. Its why I like sharp pencils. Its why I like mummy cuddles. Its why I get sad at parties.
'It's why I like to hide in cupboards. Its why I like jumping and somersaults. Its why mummy speaks differently from me. Its why I need more time to do things.
'It might be why I'm clever but my brain might have just been born clever just like it was born Autism. My hair was born blonde. I am Cadence. I am just me.'
SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3316306/Autistic-girl-writes-heart-wrenching-note.html
