User blog:Oliverwestern/Blog Two

What do I enjoy about life? I now volunteer for a charity called Daisy UK. It is a registered Disabled Charity for Disabled people who are in isolation get back into the community by building the confidence back in them through various activities like Blind Football, Inclusive Cricket, Wheelchair Basketball and Relay, Rock Climbing, Aqua Sports, Horse Riding, Art, Cookery, Bingo, and loads more activities.

Prior to becoming a volunteer, I was suicidal. ITV's Granada Reports correspondent, Chris Hall, wrote an extremely bad thing on his Facebook page, but he deleted the post before I had the chance to screen-shot it, claiming it to be a joke. Luckily I had memorised what he wrote on that day. He wrote (and I quote) "Anyone who has, or those who support anyone who has, Aspergers Syndrome is a burden in the lives of their family and friends. Two perfect examples of such burdens are Mike Hall and William Kinsella." He had pacifically tagged his brother (ITV Granada Reports Presenter Mike Hall), and me (yours truly). After reading that status back on November 2nd 2015, I cried myself to sleep every single night hoping that I would die. I had originally planned to commit suicide on the first Monday in December. Had I not been taken in by the founder of Daisy UK (who himself is Disabled), I wouldn't be writing this blog tonight.

Becoming a volunteer for Daisy UK basically prevented me from committing suicide, and helped me learn that there is always a path that can take you in the right direction.

I hope this doesn't upset anyone.