Autism Success Stories: Share Yours Today!

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August 9, 2009 at 3:45 pm

(1) Marshall Kise says:

Hello my name is Marshall Kise and i am an 18 year old male teenager from Syracuse,New York that was diagnosed with austism that had accoplished alot of obstacles in my life when i was growing up. When I was born in Seattle,Washington in 1991 my father knew that there was something wrong wth me as soon as he laid his eyes on me. He begged the doctors to come up with answers but he gave up hope and was trying to find answers all by himself. My childhood was not like all other normal children have, it was a living nightmare for me to live with all of my family members in Marcellus for the first five years. But in my early years my big brother had the ability to understand what I wanted. My parents didn’t know why but my brother secretly understood. As soonn as my parenbts buisiness changed we moved into Syracuse in order to start a new living for our parents to get their business started and send me and my brother Matt Kise into a school called Westhill in order to get a quality education. The main reason was my autism. All the other school districts were afraid to teach disability children and would never even have the heart to do such a helpful thing. It was a whole new world for me when i got older. I had to go to school for the first time. When i entered kingdergarden and the first year of 1st grade, i couldint talk at all and i was all alone and heartbrokened.No one would stop to see or even help me about my struggle.I once was secretly planting three store bought white beans in the school garden when i was in Kindergerden to past the school hours befor i went home. I was losing hope that the bean plant would never sprout.My teachers were about to kick me out of school until the bean sprouted right in front of me while i was on my knees scred with tears and with the teachers and older kids were about to hurt me. After the miricle occured people began to realize that i was a boy that had love, courage and determination to plant that seed. Ever since, my life had changed for the better. That beean indead saved my life.

When i entered 2nd grade and beyond, i began to speak for the first time and then i began to get along with all the rest of the normal kids out in the school playground. They started to love having me as their playmate for the first time. The 3rd and 4th school was the next step for my growth and well being. I started to build my foundation by having a passion for hunting,fishing,animals, and karate. All the time i have been talking about animals and the outdoors and and some of my paper work were about all of my pasion for animals and karate.Doing karate helped me learned how to control my actions and feeling deep inside and to this day that old training of disapline never went away from me. Teachers and all the other kids were amazed and some of them even got involve in it. I was privilaged to be first trained by my brother which he was a black belt master. I also love to lern how to do animal calls especially wild turkeys.
Middle school took my career as a good citizen to a whole new level,my sudying skills were getting better, i had good freinds that supported me and even the teachers helped me alot. In 6th grade i impressed alot of people in my school for winning the New York State NWTF turkey calling contedt in 2003 for youth state champion.One teacher was so impressed that she put my story on the morning anouncements. I will never forget it either will she. When i entered my 7th and 8th grade year, i began to play lacrosse for my school and even started to play the piano. The sport was awsom to play but and the piano leasons were really enjoyable as soon as i entered my high school career, i had to learn things in a new way step my step in order to graduate.
I entered my high school life with confidence at first, but later it was a struggle. I hated math and i didnt pass the math A regents until my senior, I played lacrosse from my freshman year to senior as a defensive midfeild and starting my sophmore year i made senior all county as a sophmore in 2007, I had been volunteer work at Carpenters Brook Fish Hatchery, and i made myself even a better individual as a student. But when my senior year came, I passed the math a regents exam, helped the chorus win 5 gold awards at the Annapolis Maryland music competition,participated in a college class run by ESF, led the lacrose team to the sectional final four, i drive and i graduated high school with my regents diploma. I was also glad to graduate karate with a Jr black belt degree. I have voulunteered at Carpenter Brook Fish Hatchery because i want to get a feel about my work study in studing fisheries and wildlife management as my passion for life. As a result i am going to SUNY Cobleskill to major in Fisheries and Wildlife Technology and joining the school Tae Kwon Do club in the fall of 2009.

In all my life i couldint be more thankful for my family, friends, teachers, and all the people i met in my life.These were the people that helped me built a lifetime foundation for me by disapline,love and compassion by helping others. If there is one thing i have learned you have got to appreciate the people in your life whilr you have the chance. Always beleive in yourself and in your dreams and it will come true.

Thankyou for having the time to read my story and i hope it will inspire you help other people with disabilities than ever before.

Marshall Kise