34. Autistic. Once mute, bullied & abused. Lost mom @ 4. Kicked out @ 17. Discharged from Army after suicide attempt @ 19. Homeless @ 30. MIL said I’m no good for her daughter, but I rose. Welding grad x2. Ranked 133 out of 1,000+ firefighter applicants. 1 year @ Amazon today. I proved them wrong.

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At 34 and working for Amazon, something my dad said I should never do, I’m doing it anyways. Warehouse work, just like the plant he worked at. Despite his decades of denying my autism diagnosis (PDD-NOS) and losing my mom in 1995, I still made it. Longest job I’ve held and still going.

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