Father Is Left Completely SPEECHLESS After He Reads THIS Poem His Son With Asperger’s Wrote In School
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As parents, we love our children so much, that it is often difficult to keep healthy boundaries, when our child experiences the inevitable hurt they will experience in their interactions with other kids. We desperately want to protect them, and give them the coping skills they will need to successfully navigate their social experiences.
Imagine how much tougher it is when parents have a child with autism. According to a research study that was cited by CNN, 46% of children with autism, report victimization or bullying while in middle and high school.
Sonny Giroux and his wife, are the loving parents of Benjamin, an autistic 10-year-old fifth grader with Asperger’s syndrome. Benjamin had a school assignment to write a poem titled “I Am”. According to “The Huffington Post”, when he showed his parents the poem which you will read below, they were overcome with different emotions.
Their feelings of pride over Benjamin’s ability to express himself with such depth and insight that is way beyond his years, was overshadowed by the grief they felt over his profound words depicting his isolation and loneliness.
The posting of this poem brought an overwhelmingly positive response from people so deeply touched by his words that so aptly describes the inner world of a child dealing with the sadness that comes with the social disabilities that accompany Asperger’s.
After you read Benjamin’s heart wrenching poem below, watch the video of a young man with Asperger’s describe his inability to pick up on other people’s body language and emotions, and the suffering it caused him throughout his childhood and the isolation and loneliness he still suffers today.
Benjamin’s touching poem:
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Video: This Woman With Asperger’s Tries To Hurt Herself But Her Loyal Dog Soothes and Protects Her.
Sometimes it takes a loving animal to snap a person out of an emotional breakdown. That is exactly what this recently posted YouTube video depicts. In it, Danielle Jacobs was having a meltdown and was crying in her bathroom, but she was not alone. Her loyal and concerned dog named Samson was right by her side and helping her through the waves of emotions that she was experiencing. Danielle has Asperger’s, which is an autism spectrum disorder that affects a persons ability to communicate and socialize effectively.
Sometimes, when she experiences too much stimulation, it causes her to have meltdowns. She trained Samson to help her deal with these occurrences, and that is exactly what he did in the video. She explained on the post, “I trained him to alert to depressive episodes and self harm not both but he alerted. It appears the response is late but it’s actually supposed to be as I’m coming out of the meltdown as I tend to have a panic attack after.”
In the emotional video Samson does all that he can to help Danielle. The large black dog nuzzles up to her in a comforting and loving manner. He places his head near her hands and tries to keep them focused on him and occupied, nipping and biting them when she moves.
At one point she begins to self harm by hitting herself, and that’s when Samson stops her by guiding her arms down with his front paws. Danielle then slides down to the floor and gets showered in happy, sloppy, puppy kisses that can only help to further snap her out of the scary episode.
Samson and Danielle’s story is being told and shown to the world because she opted to make the incredibly hard decision to open up and share what she goes through every day. Her brave choice will help raise awareness for people with Asperger’s, as well as bring more support and awareness to the animals who guide and help them every day.
It is dogs like Samson, whose unconditional love knows no bounds, who make life bearable and worth living for people all over the world, even if they don’t have a disability.
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