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Hi, I'm Sonia and I'm 22. I work in a secondary school as a teaching assistant with children with disabilities.
 
I love my job and it is especially meaningful to me as I have a 'disability' of my own. I have Asperger's Syndrome.
 
Here are some links to some pages I like which might help you to understand the condition a bit better:
 

 

I made this site because I want to raise awareness of Asperger's Syndrome. I went through hell when I was in school because I didn't know I had it until I was 17 so I didn't know who I was, nobody around me picked up on it and the other kids didn't understand me at all. I had hardly any friends until I met my best friend during sixth form and, I was picked on a lot and I don't want other people to go through that.
 
I found an amazing best friend during sixth form who took me for what I am and stuck by me through thick and thin so I feel I'm pretty lucky despite everything but there are people out there without friends and so I really want to raise awareness of Asperger's syndrome and help people to understand it.
 
I don't let having Asperger's syndrome bother me because it makes me who I am. Without it I wouldn't be me, I'd be someone else. The key is to work with it, not against it.
 
My job as a teaching assistant has helped me no end. My confidence has come on leaps and bounds, I'm doing much more stuff than I used to, I've got friends who accept me for being me - Asperger's and all and it's all thanks to my boss for sticking with me, keeping faith in me. She stuck by me and when I lost my job made a promise to bring me back if a job came up and she stuck to her promise and that means so much to me. I can't thank her enough. Thankyou!!
 
 
 
 

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