By Andrew Casey and Bobbie O'Brien
Instead of going to the experts to define autism we asked people who had been diagnosed with neurological disorder to explain it.
“Autism is like being on another planet and you don’t know who you are and where you are,” Rachel Barcellona said. “And you try your hardest to fit in and eventually it happens and people accept you and understand you but you’ll always be a little bit different no matter what.”
Barcellona, a high school student, is a model and holds the title Miss Teen American Spirit.
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