12 Years On Wrong Planet!

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On this day twelve years ago, I was a lonely, desperate person who was perceived by other kids at my school as an anonymity, an outsider until chance helped me come across a website for people on the spectrum.

This website that I am a proud member of (and always will be) was named Wrong Planet. At first, I did not know what to make of Wrong Planet until I realized that I was not alone despite the fact that I had a mentor at my school along with other misfits (three may have been on the spectrum) who were perceived in the same way.

I joined Wrong Planet and felt welcomed, as if a door had been opened for me into a world where I could find others to interact with, spectrum and NT alike.

As time has gone by, I have accepted that being on the spectrum is a part of what makes me human and not an outcast.

My fellow members of Wrong Planet, if you struggle to be part of the world around you just because you are on the spectrum, you are not alone. There are many ways you will find hope. If you feel that being on the spectrum is a cause of making you feel insecure about yourself, it is not. Many people who see you as a threat just because you are on the spectrum see themselves as a threat. Such people do not understand you because they do not understand themselves.

In fact, such people make you feel insecure because they hide their own insecurities. They see themselves as weak, yet they refuse to admit it.

You are human, not an outcast of the world around you. There will always be hope. You have friends who will be your guides, spectrum and NT. Judging yourselves just because you are on the spectrum is just a way of making difficulties worse for you. Believing that you are a confident person and not an outcast is a way of keeping insecurities at arm's length.

Believe in yourselves. Instead of begging for hope, let hope find you.

-Brother AA

Congratulations AA on your twelfth anniversary on WP!

Happy Anniversary.

I been here “only” a bit over 5 years and I still do not know what to make of it sometimes.

I'm getting close to 5 years myself.

You are a Stalwart member of WP.

I'm glad to have "spoken" to you.

Thank you all! Here's to twelve more years!

Two years on Tuesday for me!

I come and go and don't interact that much but you have been here the whole time I have and always like your input/content
thanks!

Your still here?

Congratulations for the 12th year running and 12th year of your interesting content on here.

^^^wow haven't seen your likes around here for a good while! anyways, congrats to you AA

CONGRATS


i admire your longevity.

^^
Thank you, Brother Kip!

Congratulations! I remember the day that you joined.

Congratulations on your 12th year of feeling hungry

Congratulations to the AA battery that has lasted 12 years in the gloriously rarefied atmosphere of our Planet! Here's to another awesome 12 years.

Keep on exploring the unlimited jungles and plains!