…* Hello I’m Kelsey. I’m blessed to have found this group. I’m still new trying to learn everything I can because this is my passion. I was kept from my beliefs most of my childhood even though I knew I was different. All my life I’ve been on my own even when I had people around I was the outcast ,the crazy one. I guess I enjoy being the black sheep because I’d rather be alone then surrounded by people who brought me down & tried to punish me for being me and made me believe I was crazy & worthless. I struggle making friends because I have really bad social anxiety. I struggled in life because of my “mental illnesses” & I never had anyone to who understood me or wanted to stick around & the people that were around were users & or abusers. I left the abusive relationship & moved 8 hours away & started a new life with my beautiful 2 year old son. He’s my whole world and I don’t know what I’d do without him. A few days ago he was diagnosed with autism & I didn’t really understand because I wasn’t educated on the subject or knew what it meant. So I did so much research so I could better understand and learn how to help my son. While doing hours of research I realized everything well most of it I had just read explained me to a T. And my whole life made sense. I was misdiagnosed. They labeled me crazy instead & made me believe it to after 25 years I finally found out I’m not. I just see the world a little different than others. So if I ever don’t message back or I seem awkward it’s because I’m just now learning how to socialize and hopefully live a more “normal” life and learning how to better understand my son so he doesn’t have to live in the dark like I did… Also at the same time of having a mental awakening and understanding myself as a person & putting the pieces together of my life that I couldn’t before I had a spiritual awakening. This past month alone has changed my life I’ve learned a lot I feel like I’ve found me. I found a place with people who except me are so kind and welcomed me with open arms & are willing to give me guidance & teach me. It feels good to have somewhere I can turn to for answers and questions and people I feel so close to even though we’ve never met… It also feels good to know I’m not crazy it was people’s lack of knowledge on autism. They thought because I look “normal” and had good grades, I was fine & or was trying to get attention. I feel like I found my purpose in life though in the last month and that’s to study my beliefs & be me and live happily and to enlighten people about autism because if more people were educated so many people wouldn’t get misdiagnosed. I want to help people so if sharing my story educates one person & helps save their life then I feel like I’ve done what I was supposed too. I’m here to spread love & light & knowledge & brake the stereotypes on autism & our religion. Also hopefully make some life long friends. Thank you again for allowing me the chance to learn & love! Blessed Be