Talk:Guillermo's story

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Hello I read the entire thing, I love your life story, I also have a friend with AS, he also loves animating and movie editing. His life is a little different compared to yours but I would like to say it was a great honor to read your story. And everything in Bold I totally agree with. -- User:Darth tader 21:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Guillermo! I didn't expect to see you here. Thanks for sharing your story, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of it. See you later! -- Ken (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

What a great story! I look forward to seeing all the bits that are "coming soon"....best wishes! — Catherine o' the ComTeam 00:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Guillermo! It sounds like we would have run in the same circles in high school. It would have been cool to have known you then, so we could compare Muppet notes. That's too bad that people treated you like that. Thanks for sharing more of your story. -- Ken (talk) 06:03, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Just remember, you are never alone in this world. I myself do not have any conditions that I know of, but life is a little overwhelming at my age (15, in school). I'm under constant pressure and everyone around me seems to be getting girlfriends or trying drugs or going out on Friday nights. I can't do that. I really do not have the option because people don't offer and round here if they don't offer it's bad news. But no matter what happens, I am going to stuggle on.

I don't want to make my life seem like a massive brave battle. I don't know how bad I have it. I have a great family and lots of expensive electronics to play with. But apart from that I feel like I do not matter. I am nobody's best friend you know? I still have quite a few friends but I never feel I matter that much to any of them.

But again, there are people out there worse off and in similar conditions. And I believe in God, so I guess I have him to trust, even if I feel there is nobody else apart from family that is a best friend. You just have to continue fighting and going on. Things may never improve. But then again they might and you don't know until you get to the end.

And if they don't get better then you'll still have been a hero and an inspiration for others who have problems of their own. Keep going forward! The internet unites people who are otherwise rejected or in trouble.

Thanks for the story and good luck in life, 81.109.94.62 15:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey nice story. Listen (well... read). In high school, girls oftem pretend they want 2 go out with someone they consider 'wierd' or 'differend'. Its unknow why they do this, but they do usualy do thgis to Autistic boys. This is usualy a joke. User:Forerunner 7 May 2007

All the best to you! You are a role model. I am looking forward to see more of your life story. --Bhadani (talk) 15:37, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Guillermo! I hadn't seen you around Muppet for a while, so I thought you might be over here. Wow, your story is really getting powerful. I wish we could hang out together. I'm down here in Southern California, so at least we're in the same state. Well, good luck on writing the rest of your story! -- Ken (talk) 20:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Great story! 2 Girls Table 3 how you cope 4 Apology

[edit] Great story!

Hey Guillermo! How lovely you share this with us! I am a young man living in Australia sine 10 months. I have never been diagnozed with anything like autism or whatever, but from what you tell I can recognize so many things that are similar in my life! I always found it incredibly hard to make friends, to talk to strangers, especially dealing with girls...

My social skills are not much better than yours. But then what is autism? I just have no idea, and nobody seems to able to tell me... If it's just about social skills then everybody is potentially autistic! It depends mainly on the environment if those skills are developed and when...

I just want to thank you for sharing your story! Cheers, Michael

[edit] Girls Table

Same here, Guillermo, with regards to sitting at the "girls table." Don't worry, I'm sure we had more fun anyways! Best of luck, --Wpktsfs 02:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] how you cope

hi guillermo (excuse my broken english i'm french) reading your story i just wanted to tell you that i'm just some years older than you but i'm the father of a wonderful and beautiful 6 1/2 years old boy, Arthur, who has autism (not asperger) syndrom and your very last paragraph touched me a whole lot! please guillermo please don't feel bad about your own parents and relatives about how and who you was when you was younger! you was a child, you was their child and they love you and they have always been proud of you even if you were "different", "so-said strange"...

you know guillermo my little boy is different, he can be violent, most of his reactions are unpredictable, most of his attitudes are a non-sense for anybody except me, when we take a walk on the street, everybody is watching us just as if we were dangerous for the society, some laugh, some protest, some try to look like they didn't see anything...

and? so what? i just don't care!! he's my son, i'm proud of him and i love him and i know his value: we walk together the head right up. we don't have time to loose with uncivilized folks.

and about the difficults and the problems like scholar or administration or anything else that his difference are inducing, i have to tell you that of course my life isn't as easy as anybody elses' but that's life and life isn't fair, some are lucky some aren't, some have an ability for happiness whatever happens to them, some will never reach satisfaction. i have travelled a lot and i have witnessed real suffer, real hell on earth and it's not my case and i don't think it's been your own parents'

another thing i wanted to tell you is thank you for all the advices: arthur just begins to learn to speak and most part of the communication between him and me is implicit. we permanently leran to know each others but i'm sure that i'm loosing a lot. so your advices can give me indices to understand him more deeply

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HI Guillermo

Thank you for sharing your story. It will help a lot of people. I recognise some of myself in it and some of my brother and also of my husband. It was comforting to me to read because I did not feel so alone. You sound like you know what it's like to be alone in school etc., and how difficult making friends can be. You seem like a very insightful and good person. I am sure THAT is (at least partly) why the Muppet Forum people liked you. Not everyone has good intentions towards others. It sounds like you do. I keep saying "sounds like" or "seems like" only because I don't know you in person. But usually people are how they seem if they talk enough about their life as you have. So I can feel fairly confident saying I bet you are a good friend to those in your life.

Anyhow you gave some good advice, especially the part about "people with AS need friends, not counselors". I agree, and if people could be more kind to each other and make sure their kids are kind to others in their school, then the world would be a better place. Keep up with the art, and I think you are a good writer too. Best wishes. K

Dear Guillermo, thank you so much for sharing your life story! I read the entire thing and am so grateful for the useful information you gave for parents. My son (13 years old) has ASD/AS and like you, he has a love of drawing. Mostly he loves stories - when he was two years old he would introduce himself to people on the street by saying "Hi, I'm Dylan, and I'm a storyteller and artist" and that is EXACTLY who he is! We respect and honor who he is and we don't try to make him be someone he is not. As a parent, I feel alot of societal pressure to "help" my son, but when I think of what help that would be, I keep coming back to the idea that as long as he knows I am there and WILLING to help, he can always ask - I don't want to pressure him to do things or be a certain way, but I DO want to assist him if he does want the help. It is such a great honor to read your story! Keep up the great work! You sound like a wonderful guy to me! Gloriousbeing 19:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Pat

[edit] Apology

Guille, I was one of your peers in high school (Mr. O'Connell's class). I'm so sorry for the way I treated you- I ask your forgiveness. I was dumb and immature to have acted like that, it was not very Christian of me. Good luck in life and God bless.

Thank you very much - no hard feelings. Would you please let me know who you are? You can email me through the site here. --MuppetVJ 06:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much for sharing! I have an autistic husband (yes, you can find real love in this world even if you are a little different!) and son, and I am so thankful that people like you are willing to offer advice. I am pulling my 11 year old son out of public school for next year because I don't agree with what they feel is best for him, and your comments helped me to feel like we are doing the right thing. Hopefully we aren't too late! Keep your chin up, be who you are, and your real friends will find you eventually.