OyoJan
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When I was in elementary school, I had a friend named Connor. In case you don't know, we were in a special needs classroom, so he was autistic like me. However, we usually go to a normal classroom setting since we didn't have much to do in the special needs' classroom at the time. Honestly, we didn't really talk to each other that much, since he wasn't really that talkative. I mean, he was, but not in a direct way. Also, he was very into Harry Potter and whenever someone told him that he doesn't exist in real life, he would flip out like crazy.
But the disturbing part about it was when he refused to eat anything, the teachers would force-feed him while restraining him in addition to him trying to fight them off only to fail each time. Even worse, this happened frequently and even in public, especially when we went to a zoo together as a class. The truth about it was he had a heart condition he was going through and had a tube inserted into his stomach where someone could pour milk into it or whatever. I don't know what it's called, but that's what I remember. I didn't know it was a normal thing for them to do at first until I got older.
When we graduated from elementary school and transitioned into middle school, Connor wasn't in the same school that I was in. That wasn't until I enrolled in high school, when I met him again after all of those years. I think I was in the 9th grade, and he was a grade or two ahead of me, but we talked for a little bit and said that he was happy to see me again, yet in a less direct way because, again, he was on the spectrum like me.
After we met, some time passed, and I heard the news from someone that he passed away from a heart attack as a result of the aforementioned heart condition. He died so young, probably around 14–15 years old at best. When I heard that news, I thought to myself, "Does he deserve to die like this after what he went through a long time ago?" I didn't cry or anything, I was just disappointed to hear his untimely death. But I guess it's one of those moments where fate can take you to somewhere unexpected and at a bad timing too. It's sad, really. I still miss him to this day.
I'll go first:
When I was in elementary school, I had a friend named Connor. In case you don't know, we were in a special needs classroom, so he was autistic like me. However, we usually go to a normal classroom setting since we didn't have much to do in the special needs' classroom at the time. Honestly, we didn't really talk to each other that much, since he wasn't really that talkative. I mean, he was, but not in a direct way. Also, he was very into Harry Potter and whenever someone told him that he doesn't exist in real life, he would flip out like crazy.
But the disturbing part about it was when he refused to eat anything, the teachers would force-feed him while restraining him in addition to him trying to fight them off only to fail each time. Even worse, this happened frequently and even in public, especially when we went to a zoo together as a class. The truth about it was he had a heart condition he was going through and had a tube inserted into his stomach where someone could pour milk into it or whatever. I don't know what it's called, but that's what I remember. I didn't know it was a normal thing for them to do at first until I got older.
When we graduated from elementary school and transitioned into middle school, Connor wasn't in the same school that I was in. That wasn't until I enrolled in high school, when I met him again after all of those years. I think I was in the 9th grade, and he was a grade or two ahead of me, but we talked for a little bit and said that he was happy to see me again, yet in a less direct way because, again, he was on the spectrum like me.
After we met, some time passed, and I heard the news from someone that he passed away from a heart attack as a result of the aforementioned heart condition. He died so young, probably around 14–15 years old at best. When I heard that news, I thought to myself, "Does he deserve to die like this after what he went through a long time ago?" I didn't cry or anything, I was just disappointed to hear his untimely death. But I guess it's one of those moments where fate can take you to somewhere unexpected and at a bad timing too. It's sad, really. I still miss him to this day.