Good Morning!

I'm 23 years old and I started working,

as my mother has just said,

after I finished high school.

Which I really wanted.

I wanted be like a normal person,

who is not autistic.

I don't like when people look at me weird

only because I'm different.

I wanted to introduce myself 
like a normal person in society.

I like my two dogs,

they are my best friends, 
and the only ones.

When I'm nervous because of work,

sometimes I get upset 
with my bosses or my colleagues,

my two dogs calm me down.

They are my buddies, 
I can't live without them,

and both of them like me as well.

(Laughter)

I took a DJ course which I liked a lot,

I was very interested,

because when I went to parties 
with my siblings,

I liked to watch the DJ work.

I thought it was very interesting.

I took this course and learned about it.

Now I'm taking drama classes, 
which I like a lot.

I love dancing and doing choreographies.

In drama classes I have friends 
who are unique too,

because I don't have friends out of there.

I've taken other courses,

like gardening 
and administrative assistant.

I like traveling by plane very much,

I like to take a bus and subway alone.

After I learned, I like
to take the bus on my own.

For me, I don't mind at all 
taking the bus.

When I learned to take the bus 
I was very happy

to go around the city on my own, 
without my mother.

(Laughter)

My power of choice,

I earn money and I can save it.

My mother and brother 
helped me to manage my money

and I can buy something, save it, 
not spend so much.

If both of them hadn't taught me 
not to spend money on anything

I wouldn't have any money.

I'm very happy with what
I learned with them.

I'm thankful to the NGO 
that helped me to enter the job market.

Without their help,
I wouldn't have found a job

and I'd be looking for one until today.

I thank so much this NGO that helped me.

I like my job because they treat me well,

like a normal person,

They don't treat me differently.

Everything is equal, 
because I don't like to be different.

I'm very happy working, 
I can't stand not to work.

I don't see myself 
without a job in the world.

I don't like to stay at home 
doing nothing.

My life is only work!

(Laughter)

This is a photo of another lecture I did,

my mother invited me to do it.

I went to another NGO, 
I enjoyed it so much

and people liked my lecture as well.

I talked about my professional life,

and what I thought about my job.

Here is my drama team 
who are my big friends,

and they like me too.

As I've already said, 
without them, I can't live.

They are awesome.

They're very funny.

I enjoy this group.

This is my life!

(Applause)