This is a story about a young man named Jon Petrie who was born with Special Needs

From my birth I experienced  developmental delay. My developmental delay became more noticeable each year. Eventually when I was 8 years old my delay was severe enough that I was finally able to be diagnosed with intellectual disability. One of my biggest problems is that people do not realize that I am disabled. I can speak and hear and walk so people who do not know about my disability expect me to be more capable. This is very frustrating for me. For example, my eyes can see a car coming in my direction but my brain is unable to tell me if I have time to cross the road. Therefore I sometimes carry a white cane which is used by vision impaired persons. Hopefully car drivers will notice my cane and therefore they will give me more time to cross the road. Another  example is if someone throws a ball to me, my eyes can see the ball but my brain dose not process quickly enough. Therefore my hands usually miss catching the ball.

Part of my disability is my anxiety. I feel anxious sometimes  in new and challenging situations. These new and challenging  situations  may seem very unimportant to other people but for me they feel very important . For example if  I am walking amidst a crowd at  the Sydney Royal Easter Show I may get very anxious and distressed.

The  General Practitioner for Nutritional Medicine has recently assessed that I have mercury poisoning. If my new  natural treatments for mercury poisoning and for  my Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) for my depression is successful then my anxiety, attention  and wellbeing should improve. I would like my mental health and my disability to improve so that I can reach my real potential. I would like to be healthier and happier . I would like more people to be more understanding about my disability