Red Shirt
Name: Sally

5 Favorite Hobbies:

1. Reading
2. Watching nature documentaries
3. Researching frogs
4. Playing around with sound design on the computer
5. Doodling on her tablet

5 Favorite Things:

1. Frogs (would catch one and keep it as a pet for one day before letting it go)
2. Fast food
3. Animated shorts
4. Sports (Baseball’s her favorite sport)
5. Even with being caught up on new technology, she has a soft spot for tech from the 90’s and early 00’s (2000’s).

5 Strengths:

1. Friendly
2. Interested in all kinds of people, autism or otherwise
3. Detailed oriented
4. Organised
5. Never afraid to ask for assistance; whether it’s for her or for other people

5 Weaknesses:

1. Even with a tablet, she would still be afraid of whether or not she will say the right words
2. She cannot talk (oftentimes would wonder what she would sound like)
3. Difficult to make clear eye contact; May look like she’s not paying attention or not interested but she in most cases, she always is interested
4. Would...

One of my favorite things to do is to play sports.

I was not into talking verbally growing up to be honest with you. Usually am the silent type often times, so why sports?

Well, for one thing, when it comes to sports, most of the activities don't require speech, just action and movement! Growing up, I would mostly move around all over the place even to the point of not knowing how to keep my hands to myself by mistake; So my teachers and parents encouraged me to do some fun activities outside during recess or in the backyard.

Actually, before school time, I was still encouraged to be active when I was two. May be diagnosed with having autism at age three, but still, my mom made sure I was doing something that involved moving around whether I have autism or not. Think it was something to do with Mr. Golden Sun. Can't believe I remember how it goes.

Sports was fully discovered when I grabbed a soccer ball with my hands and some kids yelled "HAND BALL!" and learned that there are rules...