Alyssa Lewis

HI EVERYONE!

MY NAME IS CORTLAND, AND I HAVE AUTISM. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE AMAZINGLY AUSOME WORLD I LIVE IN, AND THIS BOOK IS YOUR TICKET TO JOIN ME IN THIS AUSOME WORLD. COME ON LET'S GO!!!

I MAY SEEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I AM JUST LIKE YOU, JUST AN AUSOME ME!

I HAVE AUTISM, WHICH MOMMY SAYS MAKES ME SUPER CORTLAND

"ALWAYS 

UNIQUE 

TOTALLY 

INTELLIGENT 

SOMETIMES 

MYSTERIOUS"

MOST KIDS LIKE TO JUMP AND PLAY, I LIKE THAT TOO, BUT MOST DAYS I LIKE TO DRAW AND CREATE.

 MY BRAIN IS REALLY COOL, REALLY COOL LIKE CARS ON A RACETRACK OR JETS ZOOMING THROUGH THE AIR. DON'T MIND ME IF I SOMETIMES STARE.

Hey, I'M JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND 

THAT'S OK, YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO LOVE

 ME ANYWAY.

I'M JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT

BUT I'M ALSO LIKE YOU, I LIKE TO RUN AND PLAY;

ALL THE THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO. I LIKE TO DRAW AND CREATE, YES EVEN LOGOS TOO,

SLIDING AND SWINGING ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.

I'M JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT, 

BUT I'M ALSO LIKE YOU. I LIKE MCDONALD'S 

AND TRIPS TO THE ZOO. 

I LIKE TO WATCH SPORTS AND YOUTUBE, 

PAINTING AND PLAY-DOH ARE LOTS OF FUN TOO.

BUT SOMETIMES I GET FRUSTRATED WHEN I'M MISUNDERSTOOD, I MAY RUN AWAY AND COVER MY EARS, WHEN MY BODY IS TRYING TO PROCESS THE THINGS I FEEL. I MAY CRY AND SCREAM, JUST TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT THIS FEELING MEANS.

WHEN I FEEL LIKE THIS I MIGHT SPIN IN CIRCLES OR EVEN JUMP AROUND, IT HELPS ME CALM DOWN, SOME DAYS I MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SILLY CLOWN. IT'S OK BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT, BUT I'M ALSO LIKE YOU.