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Host: So welcome to Vienna.[br]Is it your first time here?

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Joshua Beckford: Yes, it's my first time.

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Host: Are you excited[br]about this conference?

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JB: Yeah, it's my biggest event so far.

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Host: Biggest event. (Chuckles)

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(Applause)

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Now, Joshua,

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as Vlad already mentioned,[br]you have a very bright mind,

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and you love to study, [br]you love to get new information.

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Why is that?

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JB: Well, because studying is my passion

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because studying is fun,

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and it helps you to learn,

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and it helps you[br]to experience your journey,

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your journey along your life,

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and, you know, it's fun,[br]and you learn new stuff.

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Host: We all agree it's fun.

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That means that you love to go to school.

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You enjoy going to school, right?[br]JB: Mm-hmm.

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Host: Wow, most kids[br]don't like it that much,

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but you do love it.

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What are your favorite subjects?

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JB: My favorite subject is science.

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Host: Science, science, and why science?

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JB: Well, because science[br]can practically do anything,

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as in, like, you know ...

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Host: Like, for example,[br]what we heard before,

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of going into space?

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JB: Like space, yeah.

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Host: Cool, very nice!

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So, actually, now you're going to school,[br]but you're only 11 years old,

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and you've already been studying[br]at the University of Oxford.

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For most of us, a dream come true,[br]and you've already done that.

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How was it?

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JB: It was great, it was pretty hard,[br]but I got through it.

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(Laughter)

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Host: What kind of subject did you study?

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JB: Philosophy.

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Host: Philosophy, okay.

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And what did you have to do[br]in that class and that subject?

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JB: I had to do five tests,

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and they had lots of questions in them

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about your own opinion[br]of what you think about philosophy.

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Host: Mm-hmm.

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And how did you do on the test?

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JB: In every one of the tests,[br]I got five distinctions.

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Host: Crazy, I think[br]that's a big round of applause.

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Awesome!

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(Applause)

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So you love to study,[br]you love to get to learn new things,

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and you also really like[br]to learn languages.

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How many languages do you speak, Joshua?

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JB: Oh, I speak Japanese.[br]Host: Japanese.

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JB: A bit of Chinese.[br]Host: Chinese.

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JB: A little bit of German.[br]Host: A little bit of German.

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JB: And some French.

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Host: Wow!

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Yeah, that's all of them.[br]Host: And let's not forget English.

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JB: English, yeah, of course.[br](Laughter)

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Host: Do you want to count[br]till 10 in Japanese?

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Because I've never heard[br]somebody count in Japanese.

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JB: OK.

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Ichi, ni, san, yon, go,

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roku, nana, hachi, ku, juu.

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Host: Wow. Cool! (Laughs)

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(Applause)

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That's so cool!

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That is very cool!

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And I heard that you gather information[br]from the Internet a lot,

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but you also love to read books.

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And how many books have you read so far?

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JB: I'm not sure,[br]but it's probably quite a lot.

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Host: (Laughs) Quite a lot.

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[So] many that you said[br]you want to write your own book.

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Is that correct?

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You're about to write your own book?

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JB: Yeah, well, I'm progressing on it.

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I'm writing a book on ancient Egypt.

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Host: On ancient Egypt, okay.[br]And where do you get the information from?

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JB: I get the information from Google

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and lots of books that I read[br]about the history of Egypt.

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Host: Mm-hmm. Cool.[br]Have you been there?

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JB: Yes, I've -[br]Host: You've been to Egypt?

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JB: I went to Egypt[br]when I was 10 years old.

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Host: Oh, wow! So you actually did[br]some research on the ground?

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JB: Mm-hmm.[br]Host: (Laughs) Perfect, very cool.

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Now, next to all that studying [br]and all that learning,

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you also try to keep fit,[br]and you love to do sports.

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What kind of sports do you do?

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JB: Well, I'm good at football,[br]basketball, cricket,

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rugby, tennis,

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badminton, swimming ...

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(Laughter)

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yoga ...

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(Laughter)

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tai chi ...

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Host: Awesome!

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JB: Golf.[br]Host: Golf!

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(Laughter) (Applause)

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Are you not too small[br]for rugby and football, by the way?

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JB: No, I'm not too small.

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(Laughter)

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I can tackle a lot of people.

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(Laughter)

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Host: Also the grown-ups, the adults?

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JB: Yeah, I tackle them in football.

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Host: (Laughs) Okay, cool.

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Joshua, do you have a preference,

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that you say you'd rather talk[br]to grown-ups and adults,

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or kids?

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Do you have a preference there?

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JB: Well, I like to talk to adults a lot,

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and I like to talk to children as well.

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But, you know, adults ...

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Host: Why do you like talking to adults?[br]What makes them so fascinating?

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JB: Because adults mostly[br]have a lot of information

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that I can learn from,

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and, you know, it's fun[br]to get information from them.

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Like I said earlier,

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that will add on[br]a little experience as well.

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Host: Beautiful. Well,[br]there are a lot of adults here today.

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So in the break,[br]you can totally talk to them.

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I think they will love to talk to you.

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And now, Joshua, when you grow up,[br]what do you want to become?

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What do you want to be?

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JB: I want to be[br]a neurosurgeon when I grow up.

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Host: And why is that?

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JB: Well, because since I was four ...

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I decided to be a neurosurgeon[br]when I was four

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because on my dad's laptop,

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I have a surgery simulator,

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and I have to pull out organs

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and put them back in.

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It's really gross.

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(Laughter)

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If you're not into that stuff,

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don't try it.

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Host: (Laughs) Don't try it!

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Host: And you're actually[br]also doing that in the lab.

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You're already learning[br]how to use the scalpel

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and doing that on animal organs, right?

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And how is that experience?[br]Is that not gross?

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JB: Well, not to me, at least.[br]Host: Not to you? (Laughs)

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Cool.

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And, so you are really fascinated about,[br]as you said before,

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you want to grow up[br]and become a neurosurgeon,

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and you told me that you want to do that[br]in order to help people.

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Is that correct?[br]JB: Yeah!

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Host: What other things[br]are you passionate about

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and advocating for?

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JB: Well, I want to save the Earth.

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Host: You want to say the Earth? Really?[br]And how do you want to do that?

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JB: Well, sending out tips to everyone,

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and, you know, trying to change the world

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and change people into doing[br]the right things for Earth.

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(Applause)

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Host: That is very impressive.

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And we actually have[br]a live audience right here,

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plus all the people[br]looking at the livestream.

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Do you want to give us some tips [br]on what we can do?

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JB: Well, you could turn[br]your devices off in the nighttime

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when you're not using them.

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You could also pick up[br]rubbish from the floor

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and also not throw rubbish on the floor.

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Host: It makes sense,[br]in the first place, yes, absolutely.

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Is there something else that we can do?

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JB: When you cut down trees to get wood,

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plant them back more often.

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Host: Mm-hmm.

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And you also shouldn't start forest fires.

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Host: (Laughs) Did you hear that,[br]guys? No forest fires.

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Okay. So you're advocating[br]for saving Mother Earth,

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and there's also another cause[br]that you're advocating for.

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You told me that you're also involved

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in advocating for a new understanding[br]of autism, is that correct?

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JB: Mm-hmm.

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Host: And you're involved[br]in other charities doing that.

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Do you want to tell us a bit about that?

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JB: Well, I am an ambassador for charities

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on children in Africa and children in need

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and children that need the money too.

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So when people come to events

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to hear me making a presentation,

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they pay money,

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and since I'm an ambassador,[br]that money goes to charity

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to help all the kids and adults

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to buy more stuff[br]and to buy food and clothes

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and all the stuff that they need.

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Host: That's very honorable,[br]that's very nice.

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Is there something that you want[br]the audience to know of autism?

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JB: Well, if you don't know[br]what autism is,

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autism is a kind of way[br]of thinking differently.

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It's like your brain thinks another way.

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And there's a high side[br]and there's a low side.

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The high side is where, like ...

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you're born with lots[br]of gifts and good stuff

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that people dream of.

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There is, unfortunately, a low side,

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and it's more common to be[br]on the low side of autism,

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unfortunately.

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And the low side is[br]where sometimes you can't speak

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and you have trouble speaking,[br]maybe learning difficulties.

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It's really sad.

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Host: But I think[br]you don't have troubles at all.

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Seriously, you're sitting[br]in front of this big audience.

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A lot of, I think, grown-ups

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would be very scared to do that[br]and would be super nervous,

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and you're doing a great job.

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Isn't he?

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(Applause)

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Now, Joshua, since you mentioned

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that you are advocating[br]for saving Mother Earth,

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would you like to share your poem here?

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He actually wrote a little poem about it.

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So I will go off stage,[br]and the stage is all yours.

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And you can share that with us.[br]Yeah? Awesome.

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I'll see you backstage.

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JB: So my poem is about Mother Earth.

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I hope you guys like it.

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Mother Earth, Mother Earth,

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she's getting hurt.

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Why do people keep spitting on the ground?

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Why do people keep throwing[br]litter all around?

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I don't like it, not even a bit.

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And you probably don't like it.

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Each day, she's getting more alert,

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while we are only getting hurt.

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Why do people keep doing[br]the wrong things in life

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which will cause them lots of strife?

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I care about our Mother Earth.

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I don't want to see her hurt.

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If people continue to do the wrong things,

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we will reap the punishment[br]that nature brings.

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The Earth is the only home we know.

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If we destroy it, we will have[br]nowhere else to go.

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Mother Earth is alive.

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We should do everything[br]to make her thrive.

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If we cause her lots of pain,

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we have nothing much to gain.

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When Mother Earth makes a tsunami,

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she's weeping oceans of tears,

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the ways of which[br]will just increase our fears.

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When we mine what's in the Earth,

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she shakes us with big earthquakes

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to tell us of our big mistakes.

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When we cut down the trees, [br]Mother Earth gets naked,

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and soon we'll have[br]nothing left that's sacred.

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If we poison the Earth[br]with fumes from cars and planes,

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the forest will grow up in lots of flames.

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Soon, we will have no atmosphere,

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and, one day, we might just[br]no longer be here.

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Maybe the cure for all disease[br]is not to do just as we please.

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Just being nice to one another

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might just be the key[br]to getting on with each other.

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Please help take care of Mother Earth

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as she will take good care of you.

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The planet belongs to me and you.

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We abuse our bodies day and night[br]with much fault to how's our plight.

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I wish that we would all take stock

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before nature takes us back.

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If we fail to take care[br]of that marvelous machine,

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Mother Nature will charge us[br]with a mortal sin.

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I hope that you will listen to my plea

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as nature will be watching you and me.

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If we don't save our planet,

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nothing else that we do is important.

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Thank you for listening.

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(Applause)