August Autism Celebration Discrimination (For Neli Mr. G)

p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Two young men with autism/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Have shaped the month of August/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Mothers were/are the key figures/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" They pulled me in now Irsquo;m at awe/p p nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Yesterday I celebrated my brother#39;s Birthday/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Mr. G, a kid with autism now is a young man/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Today I#39;m fighting for the release of a young man/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" with autism, span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="1"Neli/span in Richmond, Virginia/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" August Autism Celebration Discrimination day to day/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Eating birthday cake/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Pleading on span data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="6"Nelirsquo;s/span sake/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Mr. G living in the community/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="2"Neli/span locked up in the penitentiary/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Going down memory lane/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Telling the story/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" How Mr. G I were pulled over/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Black man with White youth/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" My mind snap to span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="3"Neli/span/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Picked up from sitting on the lawn of the library/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Profiling from California to Virginia/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" How attitudes never change/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Haven#39;t met span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="4"Neli/span but some how I feel I have/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Watched Mr. G grow into a man/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Mixed feelings celebration discrimination on annbsp; August night/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Happy for my brother, Mr. G/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Sad for my new friend, span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="5"Neli/span/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Yesterday was all cake ice cream/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Today I can feel span data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="7"Nelirsquo;s/span family supporters screaming/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" I also think about my girlfriendrsquo;s son/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Who also has autism and faced discrimination/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" The struggle is societal span data-scayt_word="isms" data-scaytid="8"isms/span/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" The day when that is erase will be the real celebration/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" Leroy Moore/p p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" 8/15/11/p