Child living with autism writes book, hopes to raise funds for service dog

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At seven years old, little Taryn Crain is cute as a button and smart as a whip. But she gets lonely at times.

Taryn tends to cross physical boundaries other kids know instinctively, and sometimes the sights and sounds of the environment around her become so overwhelming, she can only find release by screaming at the top of her lungs. Taryn knows she is different from other children and hopes that by writing down her feelings about living with autism in a book, other kids and adults may understand her world a little better. And maybe they can try to be just a little more forgiving.

“ I am not like the other kids at school. Though most kids don’t want to be my friend because of how I behave, I do have a few really good friends. All of my friends understand that I have Autism, and they don’t mind that I am different,” Taryn wrote in her book titled Putting the Pieces Together: a Child’s View of Autism . “I am hoping that this book will also help other people see what it’s like to have Autism. I just want people to understand that Autism is real, what Autism is, and to give me and other kids like me a chance.”

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“Taryn has always been into writing and journaling. We’re very lucky she likes to express herself that way instead of bottling it all up,” Crain said. “A lot of the kids in her school don’t understand what’s happening to her, and she wanted them to know who she really was. They see she has outbursts, she throws things across the room, she has tantrums, she’s run away. But I don’t think it’s ever been explained to them what autism is. So she decided to write a book.”

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