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Refine "In my faith, we are taught that when life does not make sense, a divine plan is still at work. We describe it as a magnificent tapestry: from beneath, the knots are tangled, messy, and chaotic, but from God's perspective above, they are by intentional design. I hesitated to accept this value growing up. When I was six, I recall standing with my older brother in a packed line for a Disney World ride. A boy behind us pointed at him and blurted out, "Why is he wearing a diaper? He's too old for that." I instantly stood between them, attempting to protect my brother. Looking back, the young child did not understand that my brother had different needs. He attended a special education school and required one-on-one support not only to learn, but also for daily activities such as eating, using the bathroom, and managing his medications. To my family, his autism was never a deficit, but his individual way of experiencing the world. What I struggled to reconcile was not my brother's autism, but the suffering he endured without being able to explain what was wrong. Because my brother is nonverbal, he often communicated hunger, or pain through self-injurious behaviors such as hitting head. From knowing his medication list attending doctor's appointments, I listened as his therapists and physicians worked to identify how to address his needs in these times. Watching physicians interpret my brother's needs and translate that understanding into care inspired my pursuit medicine. Need Assignment Help?