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Hello, hello. I'm going to talk about the stress I had when my older sister moved out.

Before my sister moved out, my sister and I always had big fights. Then when my sister moved out I thought I was never going to see her again, and I was really upset.
I was scared that if she had left Mum and Dad would leave too.
I was angry and I fought with every one, I could not sleep properly (I've never slept properly but this was worse).
But then I started talking to her on the phone and she would come over and have tea with us and I started to feel better.
Mum and Dad had long talks with me because us kids with autism can't handle changes very well and this was a very big one.
I'm always alert if she's going to come home again, then when she comes to visit us, I'm just so happy to see her that she almost falls over when I hug her.
I always look forward to seeing her everytime she comes over. Nowadays she always comes at night, I think she does it 'coz I might knock her over when I hug her.

I hope my friend Oirishlad's brother feels better soon.

Hello, I'm going to talking about a 'doco about autism.

It's a school in the UK and it's called Spa school and it's where the kids get to learn about their autism, they teach those kids to cope in the real world, they are also taught Maths, English, spelling, computer skills, and right from wrong.

Some kids were just like me and others were different, everyone's autism is different like finger prints ; some things are the same but people are individuals.

Some of it was very sad and made me a bit scared for when I grow up and I hope Mum and Dad are there with me all the time.

It's me again, and I'm going to tell you one of the reasons why I'm home schooled.

It all started when I was 2years of age, when I was said to have autism and Tourette's. I didn't know how to speak, when other baby's of my age were starting to speak. Then it all welled up when I turned 5 years old at the beginning of school when I thought every one there was my friend, then when I came home I had bottled up my stress because I had been in a different place for the first time, and there was a big crowd and as each day went by it got worse and worse because that same crowd got bigger and bigger until I stayed down in prep, where I was learning the same stuff, but the Teachers were saying that this and that was not true even though I had learned stuff from National Geographic and Discovery and History channels.

Now, when I went into grade 2 things started going down hill from there coz the teachers kept on saying that most of the time the things I talked about was just rubbish, but I know that you're not like that Mr V.

Now, when I was in grade 4 last year I stated home schooling because I could not cope in normal school even though I had an intergration aide but she was always away helping the other kids and I was not allowed to ask questions and I was put on a table all by my self in a corner which they called socialising, and they did not tell my Mum and Dad and I was punished for not getting the questions at all and not finishing the work I didn't understand.
And I was coming home all angry and tense and frustrated because I had bottled it up at school and no one was listening to me except Mum and Dad. Most of the time I smashed up the house and hit my Dad a lot because I was so angry at being teased by other kids and not heard by the teachers. My Tourette's makes me make strange noises when I'm really,really,really stressed and nervous and my noises (that are called vocal tics) were getting worse. I do other strange things but my doctor gave me medication to help me relax which worked a little bit.

So thats why I'm home schooled, plus I get to do fun things like the World Maths Day and reading challenge. And it's much quieter and calmer and I feel happier inside.

I've competed against other people all over the world in practice matches for World Maths Day, that is tomorrow, and its great fun.
And I'm up to 60 books on my completed reading list for the Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge and that is great fun too!