Anyone Can Do Anything.
April 3, 2025 4:55 PM CDT
By: Jay Roberts
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In my last blog, I wrote about Autism Awareness Month and what it means. Today, I want to share a story that I read this morning that signifies how far people on the autism spectrum can go. A friend of mine lives in Northern Michigan and saw this post on a community Facebook forum. It was written by Brian, a young adult on the autism spectrum.
“Good Morning,
Happy Autism Awareness Month! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Brian. I was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3 1/2 years old in 2001. The pediatric neurologist told my parents that “he’ll never catch up to his peers”. Those words crushed my parents’ heart but today there is only joy because of how untrue those words were. There is hope!
Today I work at Tom’s Food Market in their deli full time and became a homeowner in February and moved into a townhome. One of my hobbies I enjoy are trains/railroads. For music one of the many songs I enjoy listening to for example is The Mama & The Papa’s “Creeque Alley” (the live version sang in 1967). My favorite color is yellow and I also have a driver’s license.
Future/Current Plans: Continue exercising (I enjoy running), working in the Tom’s Deli, enjoy trains, and music.
Let me leave you with a quote:
‘There is hope for people with autism just like you and me’.”
If you needed a little boost today, hopefully Brian’s post did that for you. I can tell you, it absolutely made my day. – Jay Roberts
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