Between Spectrums

Finding Your Talent and Let It Grow

Susan Boyle, Dan Aykroyd, Daryl Hannah, James Durbin, Temple Grandin, Tim Burton, Mozart, Albert Einstein, and Adam Young from Owl City. What do they all have in common? They all are a part of the spectrum and have incredible talents which they always have or developed it. There are others of the spectrum that are talented as well. Art, music, sport statistics, technology, in any field you can find one who is autistic, Aspergers, or ADHD and find that they have amazing talent. Even Microsoft saw the talent in autistic people that they have and started to hire them in their company.

Talent is a tricky thing to find. You can either be born with it or find an interest and develop it into a talent. Growing up I thought about one career then change it to another. Some of the careers were unrealistic. It wasn't till August 2007 that I finally found talent and develop it. Growing up I always had adventures in mind, usually from stories that I read or seen, decided to take the latest adventure that came to mind an create a story from it. Then I chose to make it a nine book series, Then came up with other book idea's and started on one of them. Then it escalated to a TV show, Then to a movie script about autism and finding your talent. Still working on them but hey what can you do? 

Some people try to figure out what makes them unique and how can they find it. They do figure it out when they reach to their teens. I found my talent around sixteen. When your loved one with autism does find a talent you can encourage him or her to develop it and who knows it can turn to a fantastic career. If he or she hasn't found a talent yet you can help them by asking them to go through their interests, find what they're good at, and see if they want to make that interest a career. If they found something they're good at you can help them develop it to a talent. Even autistic people have interests you just need to let them tell you what they are, even if it's a simple thing. Talent is hard to come by these days but that can change when you allow those of the spectrum to show their talents and skills to the world.

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Thank you for your time

Tay Gallagher