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I come to this event every year,

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and I think it's amazing that

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there's supposed to be 50,000 people here today.

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My name is Alex Plank.

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I run the website wrongplanet.net,

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which is the largest website for autism.

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And I also work on FX's The Bridge

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as a consultant and actor.

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I do a TV talk show online called Autism Talk TV

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where we interview people about autism

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and give how-to videos on subjects

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such as social skills and things like that,

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for people with autism to learn how to interact socially.

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Shoutout to Mahje, my cousin.

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When I was 9, I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome

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which is a form of autism.

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So that is how I got involved in this cause.

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I think that the important issues we need to focus

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with in terms of autism are providing better services

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for individuals who are on the spectrum.

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Supporting them so they can live

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the most fulfilling life possible.

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Hi, my name is Preston.

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I'm the brand ambassador for 51 Fifty Energy.

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Our CEO, Carlos Vieira runs a non-profit organization

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called The Carlos Vieira Foundation.

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Actually, he's a very successful sweet potato farmer,

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and he started racing cars when he was 35 years old.

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People were calling him crazy, so that was

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sort of his motivation to start this energy company.

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But he didn't need the money,

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so he would donate it to autism.

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The car is actually one of our old race cars.

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We took the engine out

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and we sealed up all the windows and everything.

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And we bring to all the events

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and have people donate money.

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So once that car is full of money,

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we're going to donate it to autism.

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The families reach out to us,

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and we get them set up,

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whatever they need.

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We donate the money straight to families

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with autism.

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The website is 51fiftyenergydrink.com

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My name is Larry Rosen

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I'm an advocate. I am a partner in a company

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called IHSS advocates

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We help families get protective supervision

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which is a component of in home support services

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which is a Medi-Cal program.

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Unfortunately, lots of families don't realize

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that there's a service out there

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that allows a parent to

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be the stay-at home provider for their child

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and get paid for it.

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I'm Max Burkholder, I'm here because

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I play a character on NBC's Parenthood

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named Max Braverman who has Asperger's Syndrome

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I don't think they attempted to cast

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someone who was on the spectrum.

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I think their first thought was to teach all the kids

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who were auditioning about what people

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who are on the spectrum go through.

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And ever since I started playing that role,

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I've gotten more and more

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involved in the autism community

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I'm Robin Rapaport and I am a tutordoctor.

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And what we provide is

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one-on-one in home tutoring

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for students of all ages

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and in any subject at all

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And what's really different about us,

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is that when it's appropriate,

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we create a team with everybody that's involved

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in the student's education,

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because we really want to dig deep.

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We're not like a band-aid situation.

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We're really about getting to the heart

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of the matter,

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and giving people the tools

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and skills that they need,

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so they don't need us forever.

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Just really trying to be the best

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service for tutoring on the planet.

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That's our commitment.

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Ernie: My name is Ernie Merlan

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Yudi: And I'm Yudi Bennett

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E: And we're part of Exceptional Minds

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E: We're a school for young adults with autism

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E: We teach them computer graphics and animation

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Y: We're very unique in the special needs world.

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Y: There are very few programs.

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Y: Our program was designed to fill the need

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Y: For young adults over 18.

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Y: There are very few programs for this population,

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Y: and there's tremendous unemployment.

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E: We've been lucky enough to get them

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E: jobs in some movies.

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E: Last year we did 12 visual effects

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on American Hustle

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and we've worked on movies like Lawless,

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and Judy Moody.

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Dina: My name is Dina Kimmel and I'm the founder

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of We Rock the Spectrum

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the kid's gym for all kids.

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So We Rock was founded

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because our son has autism.

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He was diagnosed back in 2009.

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And we wanted to create a space for my son

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and for my daughter, who's neurotypical.

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And we created this kid's gym

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in my home.

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It's all sensory based equipment.

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And then brought it out

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into the community.

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The local community in Tarzana.

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And 3 weeks later, it exploded.

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And now here we are, 4 years later.

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We've got 12 locations.

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We just started franchising out.

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We opened our first one in Boca Raton, Florida.

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It's really exciting.

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So we are about inclusion.

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So with the sensory equipment,

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we're able to have typical children,

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and children with autism

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or other disabilities

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cerebral palsy, it doesn't matter.

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There'e something for everybody.

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So that's what We Rock is about.

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