Dear Rose,

I send you much love, and all good wishes for the future. I know how hard it is to go 'out there' into the world for some people and I admire the inner strength it's taken you to do just that. You are an amazing person, who, as most of us will see from your message above, has the ability to touch many others with your inspirational words.

Never, ever feel you are stupid, for you are anything but. There is nothing wrong with 'a different way of needing to learn', nor of wanting a different way of life, and I can assure you that it is those who still haven't yet worked this one out who are the stupid ones.

You learn to fly free and fly strong, in the knowledge that you are important and that you matter very much to many people. Learn to be proud of who you are and to understand that few people who are not on the autism circle would not be able to live their lives in the way you do, because it takes a mountain of courage to sometimes do the simplest of things, and there are very few people who have that kind of courage inside them. You do.

My own daughter's life is also in your message there, as she feels exactly as you do, my Sweetheart.

You are very far from alone, even though you so often feel that you are.

I have the utmost respect and admiration for you, and again, I send you much love.

Lizzie