A young head on old shoulders.
Six-year-old Lex recently heard someone say her younger brother, who has autism, is weird.
Unhappy with this description, the little girl wrote a letter which her mother Sophie then shared on Facebook.
Lex’s letter reads:
“On Monday I felt very sad because a girl in my class said that my brother was weird. My brother has autism and is not weird.
I would like if we could learn about all disabilities in schools so that everybody understands that some people are different but we should all be treated the same”.
In the post accompanying Lex’s letter, Sophie explained why she shared her daughter’s words on the social networking site.
She wrote:
“Last week a child at Lex’s school came up to her and said ‘Your brother is weird’.
Lex told the child that her brother has Autism, but the child didn’t know what this was.
This left Lex really upset, but from this she said she wanted to make a change, she wanted to talk about ‘Disability Awareness In Schools’ in her next School Council Meeting, so she wrote a letter (with a little help from me with the spellings) which she handed in last Thursday.
Im so very proud that Lex has this view and wants to change the way other children view others with disabilities. She is only 6 years old and is already part of the school council, wanting to make this change.
Can I ask a Favour of my Facebook friends to share this Post to help Lex raise Disability Awareness in schools. Thanks So Much x [sic]”.
Image via Facebook: Sophie Camilleri
