Sara has pushed through the hard spots of ASD, by putting herself out
there and continuing with her work in social media. Suffering through
meltdowns, pressure, and having a recent move, which caused her
much distress due to her inability to socialize, causing high anxiety,
and not knowing how to make friends. She would have to watch others
to see how they reacted and acted and mimic these behaviors to be
able to reach out, make friends, and get herself through the modeling
industry, which is no cake walk.
Sara is a highly intelligent, strong willed woman and is not set back by
her diagnosis. For her, as she explained to me it was a relief to finally
know what was going on and why she felt like always the outsider, not
understanding. Not that knowing has come easy for her. When telling
friends and social media of her condition, people either did not believe
her, say they had similar symptoms and that wasn’t the case, and
brutally attacking her on social media. Through all of this, she has had
to stand up for herself and others who have ASD. She has no shame in
her diagnosis, nor should she. Sara, through her many social accounts
wishes to help those with the disorder not feel that shame and to
educate others on ASD, not to treat them differently, and to remember
that they are people too, and highly capable ones. Also, she advocates
for dropping the stigma of the disorder, wanting to de-stigmatize it so
that others can speak out freely as she has on their ASD and to also
encourage others that feel as though they have ASD to seek help and
find the right doctor in which she has the platform to do through her
YouTube channel and other social outlets.
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