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Disability is not a death sentence. I AM PROMETHEUS



A young autistic man called dogo carrying his niece who is about 5 years old, he is dark while she is fair they are both wearing pink colored Ankara.

Photo Credit: Kode-E

Dogo and niece

Living with autism is looked on as a death sentence. Especially if your parent has no knowledge of it. Growing up being called disfigured and imbecile can and does wreak havoc on a person's mental health. Growing up always failing in school while the authorities who are supposed to help you become your principal bullies. When you are told all your life that you cannot amount to anything more than being a beggar. Most painful is when you go to a place of worship for succour and all you get is scorn, insult, condescending mockery and being turned into everyone's lackey.

Being mentally unbalance couples with autism is a very dark road to take. But I took it then Kode-E found me.

I became the TITAN PROMETHEUS. I have foresight being part of a team that uses cutting edge technology to develop solutions for real world problems with real world application, I am the glue that holds our wheel together.i may not be able to code like some, I may not be able to design games. But the physical is my domain. Ideas and helping my team in every and any capacity is my super power. Being autistic isn't a death sentence neither is it a shackle.

I am PROMETHEUS the titan of foresight; I am me.

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