‘This I Believe’ contest winners

The results of our ‘This I Believe’ autism contest are in!

The winners

We received many wonderful submissions for our ‘This I Believe’ (autism edition) contest, and we were amazed by the quality and originality of your essays! We said we would select three winners, but the runner-up was so good that we decided to give away four prizes.

So the winners are:

1. Celia, with her wonderfully anthropomorphic essay about trees, which conveys her reverence for trees an inanimate life, and uses it as a metaphor for how autistic communication may be perceived by neurotypicals.
2. Jaz C, with her beautifully poetic essay on how her classmates drew from imagination, while she drew what she saw—which she expands on to describe the beauty of witnessing life as it truly is.
3. Julie M Green, with her evocative essay which explores the distinction between autism and shyness, her experience with masking, and a beautiful message about telling her past self that she is not too sensitive, weird or shy—she is exactly who she is supposed to be.
4. Jessica Burylo, with her philosophical essay about how autistic ways of being aren’t flaws, and how autistic joy is the quiet radiance that rises when we live in alignment with our true selves.

Congratulations!

The prizes

All four winners will receive our current e-book, ’The Ultimate Guide to Autistic Burnout’ via email today, and the first two winners will also receive our upcoming book about autism & relationships once it’s released.

In the coming weeks, we will work to feature your wonderful essays on our website!