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Good Morning!

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I'm 23 years old and I started working,

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as my mother has just said,

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after I finished high school.

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Which I really wanted.

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I wanted be like a normal person,

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who is not autistic.

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I don't like when people look at me weird

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only because I'm different.

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

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I like my two dogs,

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they are my best friends, 
and the only ones.

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When I'm nervous because of work,

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sometimes I get upset 
with my bosses or my colleagues,

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my two dogs calm me down.

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

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and both of them like me as well.

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(Laughter)

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I took a DJ course which I liked a lot,

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I was very interested,

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because when I went to parties 
with my siblings,

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I liked to watch the DJ work.

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I thought it was very interesting.

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I took this course and learned about it.

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

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I love dancing and doing choreographies.

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In drama classes I have friends 
who are unique too,

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because I don't have friends out of there.

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I've taken other courses,

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like gardening 
and administrative assistant.

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I like traveling by plane very much,

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I like to take a bus and subway alone.

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

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

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When I learned to take the bus 
I was very happy

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

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(Laughter)

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My power of choice,

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I earn money and I can save it.

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My mother and brother 
helped me to manage my money

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

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

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I wouldn't have any money.

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

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

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

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and I'd be looking for one until today.

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I thank so much this NGO that helped me.

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I like my job because they treat me well,

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like a normal person,

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They don't treat me differently.

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

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

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

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

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My life is only work!

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(Laughter)

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This is a photo of another lecture I did,

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my mother invited me to do it.

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I went to another NGO, 
I enjoyed it so much

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and people liked my lecture as well.

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I talked about my professional life,

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and what I thought about my job.

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Here is my drama team 
who are my big friends,

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and they like me too.

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

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They are awesome.

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They're very funny.

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I enjoy this group.

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This is my life!

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(Applause)