I meet him through a mutual friend. From the beginning I liked his style and he was so nice. I never guessed he had PDD-NOS. He was so unique and when he told me I just loved him even more. We dated like every other normal couple but he had a guardian. He was told he might be going to a group home and we both thought it was just a threat.
I stayed with him from that point on at his home when we found out it was true. This meant we could not see each other. We prayed and prayed to stay together. We contacted lawyers, disability advocates and everything we could.
We cried and cried, we fought the battle together. Yet one morning his guardian came for him. It was weird in a free country like the USA to see someone taken away just for having autism. I stayed until he left. I promised to never leave his side.
He fought a long hard battle but now he is off of county guardianship and with his grandma. We still have more struggles, we still are parted. We look forward to the day we can be together and get married even.
We just want to be a normal couple. I love him and everything about him. I don't mind his pacing or ticks, they relax me. I have some eccentricities myself. Due to his PDD-NOS he is always thinking and I love that he comes up with ideas. He always thought of ways for us to see each other while he was at the group home. I see his autism as a different way of being, not a disability. He has taught me so much and I can't wait to see his smiling face again. He has the most beautiful smile to me.
Kansas City, MO
