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THE TEEN SCENE

By Declan Toth


My name is Declan Toth and I was lucky to learn to spell at nine years old. I am one of the very few really who learn to talk so young. I have so many thoughts to share that I hardly know where to start. So perhaps this blog will just be Declan’s ponderings. 

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4/16/2025 4 Comments

Cure Autism Now

Awkward to say perhaps but - I am eager to discuss awkward things. All my life I felt ashamed of myself because I look and sound cognitively impaired, but I’m not. It’s hard to be a mismatch of inside and outside. People think you’re something you’re not; and they are judging you on the outside appearance. I felt demeaned by it, and a sense of shame because I know what I appear to be…and I can’t control or stop it. My stupid mouth spouts Sesame Street endlessly. And that makes me appear to be someone I’m not. I don’t know why it picked Sesame Street but for heaven’s sake, I’m 14 years old! I don’t know why my idiotic OCD settled on Sesame Street. 


I hate it more than words can say.

Those people who don’t want a cure for autism can go jump in a lake. Let them live with their mouths spouting Sesame Street instead of language for even one day, and let’s see how they feel then. They’d be begging for a cure in ten minutes. 

I am begging for a cure. I don’t want to live like this for the rest of my life. I want to be on the outside what I am on the inside. I am highly intelligent, and I want the world to see me that way. I want to have control over my own body for Pete’s sake. 

And I am sick and tired of my freaking mouth reciting Sesame Street. 

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Kay Belich
4/16/2025 11:58:31 pm

You go, Declan! I want a cure for autism, too.
I am not autistic, but my granddaughter is.
Keep on spelling and blogging!

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Annika Cioffi
4/17/2025 04:29:12 pm

Declan, I hear you so loudly and clearly. It must be so frustrating, my 19-year old daughter's mouth talks all day about Elmo, Sesame Street, WonderPets, Backyardigans, and so on and so on.... and on and on. She has been spelling and typing for 4 years and can finally instruct us to ignore those "stupid words" which we had always wondered about. So many people in the world are spending their time "accepting" and "embracing" what drives her, and you, and countless others, nuts. That must be so very frustrating indeed. I am sorry.

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Judy Stoltz
4/25/2025 08:45:39 pm

THIS IS a perfect response to the naysayers and critics! YES! Let's figure this out, for you, for my son, for all others who feel the same. THANK YOU for being open and sharing this.

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John Gilmore
4/28/2025 04:12:44 pm

Amen, Declan!

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