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)