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and I'm excited about this. We're going to be doing
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this new show called On the Mic. I am your
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host here today. I'm Cece Schatz. I'm fondly called the
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joy and the relationship building. And I'm very honored to
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have that title because I have a lot of friends.
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I know a lot of people in the business, which
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what our show is about, Own the Mic. If you're
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If you want to be a guest on the show,
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because today we are jam-packed. We have got a lot
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to do in this short period of time. We are
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going to have, let me bring him forward, Sam Mitchell. Okay,
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let's add you to the stage here. Here we go, Sam.
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Hey, thanks for having me.
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Good to be here, buddy.
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Oh, it is awesome to have you. Now, you do
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a wonderful show. You are actually a motivational speaker. You're
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a writer, blogger, and you host this show called Autism
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Rocks and Rolls. And you've actually been in the top
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10 in People's Choice on Podcast Awards. So, you know,
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just kudos to you for doing that. It is absolutely... Wonderful, because,
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I mean, we work very hard in order to get
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that achievement, and that is a great achievement to get.
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Just also so those out there know, you have a
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wonderful TED Talk called Sold Structure, so you can check
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that out. And, of course, he's got a website, so
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you can check out all of his shows, everything that
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he's doing on autismrocksandrolls.com. So let's go into talking a
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little bit about you and why you decided, Sam, that
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you wanted to do a podcast.
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Can I keep my voice straight today?
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Sure.
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Okay. Well, I started with my high school's media club,
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and that's where I found out about podcasting. I decided
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not to wait until college to expand my skills. So
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I decided to start my own podcast to learn these
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skills before I got to college.
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And that was when Autism Rocks and Rolls was born.
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That's great. That's wonderful. Now, I know a lot of
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individuals like yourself who has autism. Many people feel like
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they can't do things. And you've showing us that, yeah,
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we most certainly can. And I think that autism, there's
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like a specialty, right? It seems like the individuals have
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a specialty that they're really, really home in on and
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they're really good at. And this is like something that
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you're really good at. The social media, being a speaker,
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being a writer, blogger. That is really, really awesome that
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you're able to be able to do all of those
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things and do them well. better than, you know, anyone
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without autism. So tell us a little bit about that,
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your journey in really growing through the autism, because I
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think you've excelled tremendously.
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Well, I would like to think I have, but I've
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came further than I've ever expected. I was told by
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doctors I wouldn't amount to anything, yet here I am today.
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I have a part-time job at Goodwill, and then I
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work for Autism Rocks and Rolls, and I have a
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budget where I have a That's just managing my money,
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but I still make decisions on my own like average
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adults do.
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Absolutely. So I really don't think you're any different than me.
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You're out there pedaling, working, you know, you're making things happen.
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And that is what I think is so wonderful. Not
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to make us think that you're different, but I want
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to show the world that you're really truly not, you know,
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and that you can excel in any way that you
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really choose to do. And so someone that can tell
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you that you won't amount to anything is, you know,
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unbelievable because you most certainly have.
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It's unfortunate I have to deal with it because most
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Americans are unfortunately ungrateful. uneducated, uneducated about autism because they
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see what the media has said about them and it's
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never pretty.
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Right. Never nice. Never nice. So speaking of that, let's talk.
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If it is pretty, it's rare. Let's put it that way.
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Well, it's true.
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And we're getting more and more shows on, which I
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think is great because I noticed there's some shows on
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like the internet that talk about relationships with couples that,
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you know, have autism and things like that. And I
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think it's very endearing. It's very wonderful. And so let's
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talk a little bit about autism because some people don't
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even know what autism is. Can you explain that to us?
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Yeah, so autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that people see
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as a way of we can't socialize or lack of
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motor skills. And I won't lie, you lack some motor skills.
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But that's not the way I see it. I see
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it as it's a way of different thinking.
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the more and more that I have been touched by
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those who have autism, I don't I don't really see
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a difference other than maybe the way they they do,
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you know, analyze things and think about things and execute.
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And the reality is, is we all do that. We
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all do. We all do the same thing. We just
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do it a little differently. That's all. You know, right.
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We all say different.
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Has a life. We all end up somewhere different. I mean,
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it's unfortunate, but it's the truth.
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I mean, I've ended up in an apartment, but I
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bet there's someone down the road for me that's ended
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up in a house. Right.
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And you may end up in a house because you
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don't know what your future holds. And I think you're
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going to make some good money doing what you do
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because you're very successful. You're very personable. And I can
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see where you can go places with what you're doing,
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which is awesome. This is just the start for you,
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for sure.
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That's what I've heard a lot of people have said.
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I'm at the start of a big journey.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely. And a very interesting one too. So tell us
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a little bit about your journey, like why you decided
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to go ahead and step up and do a show like,
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like the autism rocks and rolls.
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Well, part of it.
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Was the college reason I mentioned earlier, but the other
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reason was I just noticed people with autism are getting
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overlooked and metaphorically getting stepped on. So I decided to
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take a stand about it because this treatment I received
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as a child, And the treatment other people have received
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was bogus.
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Yeah, you're so right. You're absolutely right. It's like it's
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why tell someone that they can't achieve something if you
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don't even know that they possibly can. Right. It's the
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biggest thing is to encourage them to follow their dreams
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and follow what it is that they choose to do.
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Because the reality is, is we all have gifts. Right.
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No matter what. we are and no matter how smart
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we are or how you know capable we are physical
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we are or anything like that you know it's like
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there's things that I'm really good at there's things when
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I look at my family there's things that my other
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family members are they excel in that I don't excel
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in so we're all individuals we're all very very different
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so why do we You know, I don't know why
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we take the negative. Why can't we focus on the
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positive of an individual and nurture and culture that to
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be able to move forward? And I think your parents
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definitely did that. So kudos to them for doing that,
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you know, letting you reach out and do what you
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want to do, you know?
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Yep, I did have standards at the same time. I
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wasn't allowed to rob a bank. Well, that's good.
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Yeah, there's certain things that we... I'm not allowed to
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rob a bank either. There's certain things we're not allowed
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to do. And that we're not allowed to do as
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just individuals. But, you know, you've really stepped out of
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the box because you share about your life where a
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lot of individuals don't want to share. And it doesn't
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matter whether they have autism or not. They don't want
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to share the personal side of themselves, right? And so
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you've been able to do that in a very, you know... easy,
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and compelling way. So tell us a little bit about that,
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being able to share your personal life.
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I think it's partially due to the way I was
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brought up. The way I was brought up is you
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can tell the truth if you want to, but you
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better be respectful.
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You're going to get slapped in the face.
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That's good. I love how you just tell it like
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it is. Yeah, that's great. Well, it is true because
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you can um you can share your life right and
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you can talk about issues that are important issues but
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you have to always do it in a respectful way
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And that's what your show is really truly about, is
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being able to share to everyone a little bit about yourself,
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about autism, individuals, and do it in a respectful way
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where it creates interest and love. So I think that's important.
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I may have told the line before, I won't lie
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to you there, but I've never crossed it. Or if
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I did cross it, I took it back.
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That's good. That's good. Yeah, because we all make mistakes,
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don't we? You know, we all kind of, and when
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we're in the hot seat, like we are today, right?
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Recording a show or being on a show. And, you know,
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we're in the hot seat. And so we don't, you
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and I have not rehearsed any of this. We have
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not talked about any of this, right? And so when,
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for you to be able to come on and do
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a show and just speak candidly and from your heart, Yeah,
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we can sometimes say things that we say, oops, maybe
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we should have said.
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Yeah, you call me Michael.
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Yeah, we have to be mindful. You're right. We have
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to be very, very mindful. So tell me a little
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bit about the writer part of you, the blogger.
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The blogger isn't much an extracurricular ordeal because I haven't
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had the chance to write any just because of life.
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But yes, I have written lots and lots of blogs.
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And they're just about My feelings are never oddly enough happy.
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They're always a little depressing or they start depressing and
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end up happy. But it's always my internal feelings coming out.
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Well, that's kind of a good thing because, you know,
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a lot of individuals feel like you feel right. Life
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is not easy for any of us, no matter what,
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you know, where we are in our life. And so
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sometimes being able to share that with other people and
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then express it in a healthy way, but then turn
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it to, you know, a positive way, an uplifting way, because,
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you know, sometimes life just, I hate to say it,
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but life just sucks sometimes. Right.
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And so the worst when it's not fair yet, I
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do everything in my power to make it fair. Even
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when life doesn't, I'll try to make it as fair
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as I can.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's really important.
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If that's a rule that makes it not fair, I
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have been known to bend it. That's good.
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That's very good. So tell us a little bit about
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your motivational speaking. I do a lot of speaking engagements.
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I've done several in lots of states. My two recent
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ones I did was a virtual one called 2026 Elevate
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Your Impact Evidence and Action Summit that talked about me
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and the evidence of and then I did a parenting
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conference up in Oregon.
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Oregon, I'm trying to remember.
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in a second. Corvallis or Corvallis or however you say it.
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more speaking English? Oh, yeah.
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My goal is to do six a year. I haven't
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Wonderful. That is wonderful. So how did you feel about that?
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those hundreds of people talking at the keynote as a
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I'm still not used to it to this day.
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home here for sure. Yeah. I mean, I'm the same way. It's,
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which is what we're doing here now. And, um, I've
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that type of thing, thing too. And, um, And then
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isn't it? It's a whole different arena for you. And so, yeah,
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It's a different experience for sure.
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Yeah, definitely a different experience. What we're going to do
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to talk about your TED Talk, the soul structure of that.
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website and what you're doing with that. And I'd love
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to hear about what your plans are in the future.
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What do you really want to accomplish and where you
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a motivational speaker, writer, blogger. And, of course, he does
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host that terrific podcast show, which is Autism Rocks and Rolls.
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Sold Structure, when we return. And then also we're going
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to talk a little bit about his website, Autism Rocks
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and Rolls. and where he plans to go in the future.
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streaming today. Well, welcome back, everyone. You're listening to Own
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the Mic. I'm your host here, Cece Schatz, and I'm
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a media, I do media coaching, strategic production and exposure,
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and really want to help you start your media journey,
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and that's what Own the Mic is all about. We're
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talking with wonderful podcasters and individuals that are on TV, entertainment,
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that type of thing. So this is what the show
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is about. We have our wonderful host here today, Sam Mitchell.
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He does autism rocks and rolls. I thought he would
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be a perfect host. host to be able to start
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our the journey here on on the mic so he
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has done and we have talked about this on the
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first part of the show he is actually a motivational
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speaker writer and blogger and we've talked a little bit
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just basically about the TED talk soul structure so tell
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me about this TED talk and number one why you
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decided to do a TED talk and what is the
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TED talk about.
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Well, a couple of people nominated me for the TEDx talk.
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It was virtual because of the COVID pandemic. But it's
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still qualified as a TED talk. It's about why those
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on the spectrum need structure. And the reason why we
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need structure is this world is too unpredictable. And I
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hate it.
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Yeah. Yeah. Well, you're right in that respect. So can
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you share a little bit about why you think it's unpredictable?
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Well, it's unpredictable because one minute this is happening, then
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the next minute this is happening. I mean, you could
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be ordering food, then you get a call that your
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grandfather died. Yeah.
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Yeah, that would be very, very difficult. So when we
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talk about structure, how would you describe structure then?
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The way I would describe structure is it's a routine.
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What happens every day in your life repetitively.
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And if something different comes up, it throws you out
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of the sequence.
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It was a pain in the butt more when I
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was younger. I would have throwing fits if I wasn't
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told I was going to Walmart before school started.
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As it's gotten older, it's gotten better.
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But there's some stuff in this world I'm still very
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tedious with and need structure on.
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Autism, rocks and rolls is one of those.
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Right, right. And, you know, I think that's important because
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a lot of us, you know, really do have to
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have structure in our life. And we're not we're not on.
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I mean, no one's diagnosis with with, you know, autism.
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do the same. things every day. I have a little
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routine that I do, but I don't get up. It
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doesn't throw me out of whack if I get something
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else happening or whatever. But I do find myself that
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if I stay within this routine, I really get things accomplished.
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If I go... you know, helter-skeltered all over the place.
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I can't get anything done, you know, right? So some
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sort of structure is definitely important. So tell us a
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little bit about your website that you have, the autismrocksandrolls.com.
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Well, my website is mainly where I have all the events,
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all the speaking agents coming up, what I do, what
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I offer, and then.
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Just some resources you can utilize to Okay.
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Sometimes there are autism-related, sometimes there are not.
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There are other research aspects. They've been with Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Not Make-A-Wish, I'm sorry.
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Make-A-Film Foundation is on there, which is like Make-A-Wish, but
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instead of Make-A-Wish, it's Make-A-Film with movies. And it's not
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like backyard movies. It's high-quality movies with Johnny Depp and J.K.
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Rowling. Wow. That would be pretty awesome. You know, definitely.
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So is that in your future? Being in maybe an
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actor in, in some sort of movie?
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Well, if it's my work, probably.
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Very good for you. Very good for you. Are you
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writing the movie?
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Are you? I haven't even thought of it yet. It's
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just maybe down the line right now, you know, because
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of how swamped I am, buddy.
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Yeah, like just life in itself, right? You get pretty swamped.
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So let's talk about that. Let's talk a little bit
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about your future. Like what are your goals and what
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are you thinking in the future that's going to happen?
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Well, I'm going to try and make this Autism Rocks
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and Rolls or the O'Growns where I don't have to
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work another part-time job. Right now we're looking for people
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who could be corporate sponsors and And we're looking for
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people to join our donor club. Okay.
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Well, that's wonderful. So those out there, let's share with
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them a little bit about that. So to be a
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corporate sponsor, what do they need to do? Just reach
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out to you?
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Just reach out. And then we have a T or
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she with prices and benefits. Okay.
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Well, that's very good to know. And then what about,
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you know, the other, like being, you know, just a donor?
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Just reach out to us. If you're interested, we can
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work out the kinks.
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Okay. So do you have something on your website there
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that people can reach out?
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We don't because we just started. We had a strategic
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plan session. I think it was last month, like the
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very last day of last month. So we're just getting
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the ball rolling on it.
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Okay. That's a good idea. Well, that's a really good
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idea for you to do that. But on your website,
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do you have a contact?
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Oh, yeah. You set up a scheduling call. I need
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to modify the calendar link.
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Right.
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There's always a thing called rescheduling, right? Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely. So let me share again the website. So if
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you guys are interested in being, you know, maybe a
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corporate sponsor or some sort of type of sponsor, he
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would love that. And that would be a great way
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to be able to help him be able to move
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forward with all of the plans that he's got in
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the future. So you just go to Autism Rocks and Rolls.
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And that's A-U-T-I-S-M-R-O-C-K-S-A-N-D-R-O-L-L-S.com. So you just go there. And if
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you want to just donate because you want to just
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help him out, let's do it. You know, just just
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give him a contact and reach out and just say, hey,
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I'd like to donate. Hey, I'd like to be a sponsor. Hey,
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I'd like to help in any way possible. That would
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be pretty awesome. So, right.
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I mean, so much appreciated. Yeah, absolutely. Contribution. One ago,
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I noticed.
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Right. Absolutely. And that's very true. You know, sometimes a
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small little donation that you feel is small can make
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a big, huge impact to the person you're donating to. So, yeah,
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it's I know it's very, very appreciated. So most certainly.
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So let's we have to kind of wrap up the
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show here. But I want to give you a few
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minutes to share with the audience anything you want to share.
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So just go ahead and chat, talk and whatever you'd
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like to share with them. All right.
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Well, I do want people to know that, yes, I
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am on the autism spectrum, but there's so much more.
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Autism does not have to be the full picture of somebody.
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It could be a part of the picture. It shouldn't
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be the whole one, though.
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And then I guess my final words I always like
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to say, I don't think it's really words of wisdom
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as much as it is.
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The truth of life.
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If the world could be nice, not act so stupid,
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I think we get along so much better, don't you think?
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You're right.
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You're absolutely right.
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So right. So again, everyone, if you want to reach
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out to him, just go to his website, autism rocks
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and rolls. And you just reach out to him. You
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can have a, a few minutes and talk with them
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and things like that. And yeah, maybe you can help
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him along the way, or maybe he can help you
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if there's something that you're looking, that you're wanting to do.
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Maybe he also has a suggestion because he started this
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journey and you've done a really good job with it,
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Hey, thanks for having me.
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Good to be here, buddy.
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Oh, it is awesome to have you. Now, you do
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a wonderful show. You are actually a motivational speaker. You're
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a writer, blogger, and you host this show called Autism
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Rocks and Rolls. And you've actually been in the top
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10 in People's Choice on Podcast Awards. So, you know,
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just kudos to you for doing that. It is absolutely... Wonderful, because,
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that achievement, and that is a great achievement to get.
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wonderful TED Talk called Sold Structure, so you can check
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you can check out all of his shows, everything that
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he's doing on autismrocksandrolls.com. So let's go into talking a
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little bit about you and why you decided, Sam, that
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you wanted to do a podcast.
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Can I keep my voice straight today?
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Okay. Well, I started with my high school's media club,
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and that's where I found out about podcasting. I decided
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not to wait until college to expand my skills. So
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I decided to start my own podcast to learn these
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skills before I got to college.
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That's great. That's wonderful. Now, I know a lot of
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individuals like yourself who has autism. Many people feel like
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they can't do things. And you've showing us that, yeah,
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we most certainly can. And I think that autism, there's
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like a specialty, right? It seems like the individuals have
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a specialty that they're really, really home in on and
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they're really good at. And this is like something that
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you're really good at. The social media, being a speaker,
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being a writer, blogger. That is really, really awesome that
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you're able to be able to do all of those
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things and do them well. better than, you know, anyone
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without autism. So tell us a little bit about that,
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your journey in really growing through the autism, because I
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think you've excelled tremendously.
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came further than I've ever expected. I was told by
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doctors I wouldn't amount to anything, yet here I am today.
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I have a part-time job at Goodwill, and then I
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work for Autism Rocks and Rolls, and I have a
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budget where I have a That's just managing my money,
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but I still make decisions on my own like average
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adults do.
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Absolutely. So I really don't think you're any different than me.
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You're out there pedaling, working, you know, you're making things happen.
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to make us think that you're different, but I want
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to show the world that you're really truly not, you know,
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and that you can excel in any way that you
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really choose to do. And so someone that can tell
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you that you won't amount to anything is, you know,
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unbelievable because you most certainly have.
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It's unfortunate I have to deal with it because most
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Americans are unfortunately ungrateful. uneducated, uneducated about autism because they
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see what the media has said about them and it's
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never pretty.
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Right. Never nice. Never nice. So speaking of that, let's talk.
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If it is pretty, it's rare. Let's put it that way.
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Well, it's true.
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think is great because I noticed there's some shows on
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like the internet that talk about relationships with couples that,
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you know, have autism and things like that. And I
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think it's very endearing. It's very wonderful. And so let's
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talk a little bit about autism because some people don't
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even know what autism is. Can you explain that to us?
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Yeah, so autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that people see
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as a way of we can't socialize or lack of
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motor skills. And I won't lie, you lack some motor skills.
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it as it's a way of different thinking.
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the more and more that I have been touched by
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those who have autism, I don't I don't really see
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a difference other than maybe the way they they do,
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you know, analyze things and think about things and execute.
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all do. We all do the same thing. We just
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do it a little differently. That's all. You know, right.
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We all say different.
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Has a life. We all end up somewhere different. I mean,
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it's unfortunate, but it's the truth.
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I mean, I've ended up in an apartment, but I
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bet there's someone down the road for me that's ended
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up in a house. Right.
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And you may end up in a house because you
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don't know what your future holds. And I think you're
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going to make some good money doing what you do
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because you're very successful. You're very personable. And I can
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see where you can go places with what you're doing,
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which is awesome. This is just the start for you,
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for sure.
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That's what I've heard a lot of people have said.
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I'm at the start of a big journey.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely. And a very interesting one too. So tell us
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a little bit about your journey, like why you decided
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to go ahead and step up and do a show like,
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like the autism rocks and rolls.
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Well, part of it.
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Was the college reason I mentioned earlier, but the other
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reason was I just noticed people with autism are getting
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overlooked and metaphorically getting stepped on. So I decided to
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take a stand about it because this treatment I received
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as a child, And the treatment other people have received
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was bogus.
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Yeah, you're so right. You're absolutely right. It's like it's
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why tell someone that they can't achieve something if you
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don't even know that they possibly can. Right. It's the
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biggest thing is to encourage them to follow their dreams
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and follow what it is that they choose to do.
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Because the reality is, is we all have gifts. Right.
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No matter what. we are and no matter how smart
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we are or how you know capable we are physical
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we are or anything like that you know it's like
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there's things that I'm really good at there's things when
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I look at my family there's things that my other
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family members are they excel in that I don't excel
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in so we're all individuals we're all very very different
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so why do we You know, I don't know why
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we take the negative. Why can't we focus on the
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positive of an individual and nurture and culture that to
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be able to move forward? And I think your parents
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definitely did that. So kudos to them for doing that,
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you know, letting you reach out and do what you
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want to do, you know?
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Yep, I did have standards at the same time. I
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wasn't allowed to rob a bank. Well, that's good.
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Yeah, there's certain things that we... I'm not allowed to
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rob a bank either. There's certain things we're not allowed
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to do. And that we're not allowed to do as
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just individuals. But, you know, you've really stepped out of
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the box because you share about your life where a
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lot of individuals don't want to share. And it doesn't
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matter whether they have autism or not. They don't want
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to share the personal side of themselves, right? And so
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you've been able to do that in a very, you know... easy,
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and compelling way. So tell us a little bit about that,
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being able to share your personal life.
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I think it's partially due to the way I was
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brought up. The way I was brought up is you
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can tell the truth if you want to, but you
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better be respectful.
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You're going to get slapped in the face.
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That's good. I love how you just tell it like
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it is. Yeah, that's great. Well, it is true because
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you can um you can share your life right and
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you can talk about issues that are important issues but
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you have to always do it in a respectful way
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And that's what your show is really truly about, is
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being able to share to everyone a little bit about yourself,
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about autism, individuals, and do it in a respectful way
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where it creates interest and love. So I think that's important.
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I may have told the line before, I won't lie
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to you there, but I've never crossed it. Or if
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I did cross it, I took it back.
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That's good. That's good. Yeah, because we all make mistakes,
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don't we? You know, we all kind of, and when
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we're in the hot seat, like we are today, right?
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Recording a show or being on a show. And, you know,
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we're in the hot seat. And so we don't, you
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and I have not rehearsed any of this. We have
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not talked about any of this, right? And so when,
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for you to be able to come on and do
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a show and just speak candidly and from your heart, Yeah,
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we can sometimes say things that we say, oops, maybe
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Yeah, you call me Michael.
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to be very, very mindful. So tell me a little
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bit about the writer part of you, the blogger.
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The blogger isn't much an extracurricular ordeal because I haven't
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had the chance to write any just because of life.
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But yes, I have written lots and lots of blogs.
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And they're just about My feelings are never oddly enough happy.
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They're always a little depressing or they start depressing and
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end up happy. But it's always my internal feelings coming out.
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Well, that's kind of a good thing because, you know,
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a lot of individuals feel like you feel right. Life
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is not easy for any of us, no matter what,
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you know, where we are in our life. And so
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sometimes being able to share that with other people and
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then express it in a healthy way, but then turn
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it to, you know, a positive way, an uplifting way, because,
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you know, sometimes life just, I hate to say it,
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but life just sucks sometimes. Right.
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do everything in my power to make it fair. Even
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when life doesn't, I'll try to make it as fair
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If that's a rule that makes it not fair, I
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have been known to bend it. That's good.
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That's very good. So tell us a little bit about
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your motivational speaking. I do a lot of speaking engagements.
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Your Impact Evidence and Action Summit that talked about me
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and the evidence of and then I did a parenting
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conference up in Oregon.
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Oregon, I'm trying to remember.
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Give me a second. It'll hit me in the head
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in a second. Corvallis or Corvallis or however you say it.
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more speaking English? Oh, yeah.
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My goal is to do six a year. I haven't
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boost it up a little more with six a year.
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they big audiences or small audiences?
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Room full of hundreds of people because I was a
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keynote speaker.
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Wonderful. That is wonderful. So how did you feel about that?
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Like when you stepped in front of that, you know,
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those hundreds of people talking at the keynote as a
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keynote speaker.
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I had a voice.
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People actually listened to me, whereas I dealt with it
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I'm still not used to it to this day.
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Yeah. It gets you get pretty nervous, don't you?
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home here for sure. Yeah. I mean, I'm the same way. It's,
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you know, all of the different, um, you know, entities
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that I've actually worked in, you know, both the podcast,
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is audio. And then I got into the TV and
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which is what we're doing here now. And, um, I've
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that type of thing, thing too. And, um, And then
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isn't it? It's a whole different arena for you. And so, yeah,
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it takes a whole nother set of nerves, I think,
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It's a different experience for sure.
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Yeah, definitely a different experience. What we're going to do
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is we're going to take a short break. When we
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to talk about your TED Talk, the soul structure of that.
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website and what you're doing with that. And I'd love
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to hear about what your plans are in the future.
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What do you really want to accomplish and where you
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really want to go? Where are your dreams with that?
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So today we are talking about autism rocks and rolls
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with our wonderful host here, Sam Mitchell. Sam Mitchell is
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a motivational speaker, writer, blogger. And, of course, he does
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host that terrific podcast show, which is Autism Rocks and Rolls.
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And then we're going to talk about his TED Talk,
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Sold Structure, when we return. And then also we're going
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to talk a little bit about his website, Autism Rocks
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and Rolls. and where he plans to go in the future.
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So we've got a lot to talk about. I hope
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streaming today. Well, welcome back, everyone. You're listening to Own
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the Mic. I'm your host here, Cece Schatz, and I'm
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a media, I do media coaching, strategic production and exposure,
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and really want to help you start your media journey,
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and that's what Own the Mic is all about. We're
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talking with wonderful podcasters and individuals that are on TV, entertainment,
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that type of thing. So this is what the show
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is about. We have our wonderful host here today, Sam Mitchell.
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He does autism rocks and rolls. I thought he would
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be a perfect host. host to be able to start
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our the journey here on on the mic so he
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has done and we have talked about this on the
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first part of the show he is actually a motivational
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speaker writer and blogger and we've talked a little bit
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just basically about the TED talk soul structure so tell
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me about this TED talk and number one why you
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decided to do a TED talk and what is the
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TED talk about.
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Well, a couple of people nominated me for the TEDx talk.
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It was virtual because of the COVID pandemic. But it's
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still qualified as a TED talk. It's about why those
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on the spectrum need structure. And the reason why we
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need structure is this world is too unpredictable. And I
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hate it.
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Yeah. Yeah. Well, you're right in that respect. So can
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you share a little bit about why you think it's unpredictable?
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Well, it's unpredictable because one minute this is happening, then
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the next minute this is happening. I mean, you could
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be ordering food, then you get a call that your
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grandfather died. Yeah.
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Yeah, that would be very, very difficult. So when we
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talk about structure, how would you describe structure then?
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The way I would describe structure is it's a routine.
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What happens every day in your life repetitively.
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And if something different comes up, it throws you out
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of the sequence.
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It was a pain in the butt more when I
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was younger. I would have throwing fits if I wasn't
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told I was going to Walmart before school started.
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As it's gotten older, it's gotten better.
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tedious with and need structure on.
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Autism, rocks and rolls is one of those.
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Right, right. And, you know, I think that's important because
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a lot of us, you know, really do have to
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have structure in our life. And we're not we're not on.
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I mean, no one's diagnosis with with, you know, autism.
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do the same. things every day. I have a little
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routine that I do, but I don't get up. It
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doesn't throw me out of whack if I get something
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else happening or whatever. But I do find myself that
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if I stay within this routine, I really get things accomplished.
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If I go... you know, helter-skeltered all over the place.
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I can't get anything done, you know, right? So some
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sort of structure is definitely important. So tell us a
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little bit about your website that you have, the autismrocksandrolls.com.
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Well, my website is mainly where I have all the events,
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all the speaking agents coming up, what I do, what
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I offer, and then.
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Just some resources you can utilize to Okay.
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Sometimes there are autism-related, sometimes there are not.
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There are other research aspects. They've been with Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Not Make-A-Wish, I'm sorry.
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Make-A-Film Foundation is on there, which is like Make-A-Wish, but
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instead of Make-A-Wish, it's Make-A-Film with movies. And it's not
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like backyard movies. It's high-quality movies with Johnny Depp and J.K.
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Rowling. Wow. That would be pretty awesome. You know, definitely.
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So is that in your future? Being in maybe an
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actor in, in some sort of movie?
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Well, if it's my work, probably.
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Very good for you. Very good for you. Are you
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writing the movie?
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Are you? I haven't even thought of it yet. It's
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just maybe down the line right now, you know, because
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of how swamped I am, buddy.
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Yeah, like just life in itself, right? You get pretty swamped.
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So let's talk about that. Let's talk a little bit
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about your future. Like what are your goals and what
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are you thinking in the future that's going to happen?
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Well, I'm going to try and make this Autism Rocks
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and Rolls or the O'Growns where I don't have to
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work another part-time job. Right now we're looking for people
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who could be corporate sponsors and And we're looking for
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people to join our donor club. Okay.
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Well, that's wonderful. So those out there, let's share with
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them a little bit about that. So to be a
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corporate sponsor, what do they need to do? Just reach
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out to you?
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Just reach out. And then we have a T or
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she with prices and benefits. Okay.
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Well, that's very good to know. And then what about,
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you know, the other, like being, you know, just a donor?
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Just reach out to us. If you're interested, we can
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work out the kinks.
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Okay. So do you have something on your website there
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that people can reach out?
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We don't because we just started. We had a strategic
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plan session. I think it was last month, like the
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very last day of last month. So we're just getting
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the ball rolling on it.
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Okay. That's a good idea. Well, that's a really good
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idea for you to do that. But on your website,
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do you have a contact?
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Oh, yeah. You set up a scheduling call. I need
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to modify the calendar link.
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There's always a thing called rescheduling, right? Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely. So let me share again the website. So if
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you guys are interested in being, you know, maybe a
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corporate sponsor or some sort of type of sponsor, he
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would love that. And that would be a great way
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to be able to help him be able to move
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forward with all of the plans that he's got in
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the future. So you just go to Autism Rocks and Rolls.
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And that's A-U-T-I-S-M-R-O-C-K-S-A-N-D-R-O-L-L-S.com. So you just go there. And if
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you want to just donate because you want to just
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help him out, let's do it. You know, just just
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give him a contact and reach out and just say, hey,
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I'd like to donate. Hey, I'd like to be a sponsor. Hey,
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I'd like to help in any way possible. That would
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be pretty awesome. So, right.
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I mean, so much appreciated. Yeah, absolutely. Contribution. One ago,
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I noticed.
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Right. Absolutely. And that's very true. You know, sometimes a
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small little donation that you feel is small can make
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a big, huge impact to the person you're donating to. So, yeah,
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it's I know it's very, very appreciated. So most certainly.
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So let's we have to kind of wrap up the
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show here. But I want to give you a few
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minutes to share with the audience anything you want to share.
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So just go ahead and chat, talk and whatever you'd
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like to share with them. All right.
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Well, I do want people to know that, yes, I
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am on the autism spectrum, but there's so much more.
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Autism does not have to be the full picture of somebody.
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It could be a part of the picture. It shouldn't
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be the whole one, though.
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And then I guess my final words I always like
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to say, I don't think it's really words of wisdom
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as much as it is.
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The truth of life.
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If the world could be nice, not act so stupid,
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I think we get along so much better, don't you think?
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You're right.
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You're absolutely right.
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So right. So again, everyone, if you want to reach
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out to him, just go to his website, autism rocks
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and rolls. And you just reach out to him. You
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can have a, a few minutes and talk with them
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and things like that. And yeah, maybe you can help
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him along the way, or maybe he can help you
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if there's something that you're looking, that you're wanting to do.
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Maybe he also has a suggestion because he started this
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journey and you've done a really good job with it,
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the social media and all of that. And so kudos
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to you for reaching out, doing things that you need
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to do. He reached out to me to be on
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the show, which I thought was pretty awesome. So I
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really do appreciate that, doing that here. So we very
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much are very honored to have you.
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Thank you.
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And hey, we can all think alignable, right? That's how
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we first met. Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely. So everyone, if you want to reach me, just
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go to newstreamingnetwork.com. That is our website. It has all
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of our wonderful shows on. You can find this show
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there and a bunch of others, and we hope that
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you will check them out. So newstreamingnetwork.com. Also, newstreamingnetwork at gmail.com
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is my email for this show. So newstreamingnetwork at gmail.com.
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I answer all the emails myself if you're interested in
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being a guest. a host on our network or anything
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we'd be more than happy to schedule a time in
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order to meet. So everyone, I want to thank you
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so much for listening to NewStreamingNetwork.com, which is home of
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Going Solo Network. So we want to thank you so much.
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I am your host here, Cece Schaaf. You're listening to
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Own the Mic. I hope you enjoyed this. And if
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