John Elder Research Paper

John Elder is very unique in the way he embraced the fact that he had autism. While I was in high school, I had a friend that was autistic and he embraced it just like Elder did. Just because people have autism doesn’t mean they are going to be strange and will not be able to live along side of society without problems. Many people hear that someone has a problem like autism or any other type of mental disorder, they space themselves away from them so they aren’t affected personally by their disorder. John Elder is a well-spoken man and a great writer. If I was never told that he had autism I wouldn’t have been able to tell. He didn’t seem to have any problems up on stage talking to us. He was very comfortable on stage. He didn’t stutter or anything else that would give away the fact that he had autism. He is very similar to my friend Jesse. Jesse was one of my great friends and he had autism. Jesse was a very intelligent person during school but when he started to struggle in school he wasn’t able to ask for help because he was not comfortable asking for it. He lacked the social personality that he needed to communicate with others well. When he really got to know someone he was able to open up more and communicate with them well. The only problem with that was that he didn’t let too many people into his life. He was a very social …show more content…
He was always in his room tinkering with many different type of products. The best one I remember was when he took apart a DVD player and then reassembled it a few days later without pictures or instructions. He just truly understood technology to the point where he could do it with a cell phone and an x-box that he bought with his own money. He had complete confidence in himself to get it back together without a problem. He was a very intelligent kid that had a gift with technology but lacked the social skills needed to communicate with