Peter Wynn
1 min readMay 31, 2022

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Many reasons. The first reason I outline is this. Think of a triathlon. Typically, an athlete is better at two of the events, so, say they're good at swimming and running, but struggle with cycling, they can lose time, so, some have team triathlons, where they say, "Okay, the best swimmer, the best cyclist and the best runner each do a leg." So, sometimes an autistic person struggles with something but compensates in other ways with exceptional skills in other areas. So, why not be proud of that?

Also, they say that autistics are late bloomers socially, and we are, but I want to talk about something. When I was in Year Eleven, one day, our teacher for Human Relationships Education asked us what we argued with our parents about, and some mentioned, "Family outings," "Dates with boy/girlfriends," "Clothing," and the like. I couldn't think of many and mine were more about the comfort of fabrics than the style of clothing, and I was, at 15, having discussions with my parents about the rights and wrongs of demolishing an historical building. At the age of 11, I had firm opposition to capital punishment, having been traumatized by the Barlow and Chambers case (one British-Australian, Kevin John Barlow, and one Australian, Brian Geoffrey Shergold Chambers, were hanged in Kuala Lumpur on July 7, 1986 having been found in possession of 142 grams of heroin). I despise injustice, and that has caused me to take a negative stance on trump and the wall, it has caused me to oppose Australia's refugee policy and other things.

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Peter Wynn
Peter Wynn

Written by Peter Wynn

Diagnosed with autism at 35. Explained a lifetime of difference.

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