against the odds ~ inspired by the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Foreward

Hey, my name is Richard. You may not know me, but-uh, other kids that I know probably do! Also, if you are 15, then I'm about the same age as ya. Now, I will tell ya, this is my first book I've ever written - well, the first non-short story book, that is.

3 years, 8 months, and 11 days ago, I had been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, after a "fight" at school where the kids became so rowdy and were picking on me that I got out of control... and, well, things didn't get to pretty. Then, again, I don't really quite remember, it was like it had all flashed before my eyes. I've learned a lot of things about back then, by now: people weren't to aware of the symptoms of AS (an abbreviation for Asperger Syndrome), as those people who had it, like me, would get suspended for stuff like getting into fights; also, people weren't too familiar with homosexuals (commonly called "gay people"), as they were considered perverts. And then, with/for African-Americans - also called black people, blacks, Negros, or Afro-Americans (there's one I forgot, but rather would not mention), they were also treated like crap because white people didn't consider them (or us) human. Even some of us were used as slaves. :(

Yeah, life is really freaking hard! Or at least for me: I am autistic, I'm black, and, well, here's the secret: I don't like girls because they're witches to me - well, my mother, and grand-mothers are nice - and many guys are pretty much jerks to me, so I feel like I should stay single! :P

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I wrote my first short story when I was 9 years, 4 months, and 3 days old. It was called: "Vampires Я Suckers, Werewolves ЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ Biting Your Butts!". My English teacher said she was absolutely blinded by it. Though, I ain't too sure what she meant because I never inserted anything into that paper book that what blind someone's eyes. Well, except for she said she meant that it was unique in a certain but good way. Sounded pretty good to me. :)

And, so, I finally decided I should try at writing my own long-story book, after I had completed reading a book my counsellor had recommended me to read, and it is called: the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon. I liked the book because it kind of reflected me. It is about a boy named Christopher, who has Asperger Syndrome, he sees a dog dead on the cross neighbour's front lawn, and he sets out to find the culprit who did the crime. Along the way, he talks about what he himself is like: he likes red, hates yellow and brown, he finds girls (or at least this one girl) to be dislike-able (normally called annoying). But, anyways, this book will be quite similar. In fact, as they call it, like an autobiography.

I was going to insert stuff about me into my main story, but my English teacher, and counsellor (they're the same person), Ms Stork told me people wouldn't want to know it, likely, and I should have a Foreward for all the info about my experience with this, and/or an About me for all the stuff that describes me. And, being told that, I was like Thank God! because I had fortunately not written this book far enough that there was not much work to come back through.

Well, that's really all I have to say for my Foreward here, so, yeah! ;)