Isaak's Essay

Isaak wrote an "essay" for a contest to throw out the first pitch at Autism Awareness night with the Mariners in a couple weeks. This is what he wrote (no direction or editing by anyone):

How Autism Affects Me
By Isaak Jensen
For the Autism Awareness Night at Safeco Field Contest (or whatever it is)

Well, to me, autism is a social disorder that affects my senses slightly. Sometimes when someone asks me a question, I sometimes not listen to the question and say, “Wha…?” I can see pretty well, though, but sometimes, probably because of the pills my doctor has asked me to take, my vision gets all blurry and weird. My skin is sensitive, and I actually don’t like sweets such as chocolate. I even threw up in a café that got burned down later. I think it was because of customer satisfaction.
But autism didn’t affect just that. Sometimes when things don’t go my way, I get all stressed out keep convincing people to change. But I’m sure that this isn’t that important. Speaking of important, I think some things are more important than others. Sometimes I get a little curious and play with some things. One time when I was little, I shoved a penny up my nose! I might get a little nervous if I would throw the First Pitch or some other big event because I could mess up something like that.
But overall, I think autism was just a particular gift that gave me a challenge in life. Maybe I’m just born with the talent. Maybe, just maybe, I’m a powerful kind of guy who, in the future, can show why that we need just some attention. Maybe we just want respect from others. Maybe we could just stand up for ourselves and just be a true nation with different talents and stuff. After all, we’re just ourselves, that’s all.