My name is Peri-Ann Savidge I was born on the 16th of Janury 1997 , since that day my family knew there was well something 'different' about me.
As well as not being a very well baby I was a very quiet one too, I didn't babble or coo like babies should I didn't smile or laugh , I was very fussy with food too , as I got a little older it was easy to see that I had not hit any of my milestones at all.
I didn't say my first word until I was 5 or 6 years years old I didn't say many after that until I was 10 years old , I wouldn't look at people or seek any sort of love & affection , I was very sensory orientated and hated clothes , used to have daily meltdowns over little things , used to hide under tables and close myself off to the world.
I went to doctor appointment's after doctor appointments but they all said the same thing that "there was nothing wrong with me" & that I "I was just slow" & to "just put me in a home"
It was the lowest points of our lives I was getting a little bit more lost everyday , no one was listening especially the doctors....soon tho that All changed , finally at age 11 I was diagnosed with "moderate to severe autism" finally some answers!! Later on I was accepted in to a secondary special needs school , my mum was very eager for me start but even she had doubts about how much it was going to help me everyone thought that it was too late that I was too far gone to be helped.
But after the first day of my new school everyone could see the change in me , It was like the school had found the key to my mind nd was opening it up , soon I even had friends I'm now 17 just doing my GCSE's , it's amazing to look at everything I've achieved in
Tonbridge, United Kingdom
