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young were you? I was four years old.

And I wish I could tell you more about my diagnosis story, but I was too young to remember and I slept since then.

But what I can tell you is apparently, according to my parents, I was showing the classic symptoms, which entail repetitive interest, restricted behaviors.

If you said my name several times, I wouldn't respond.

And I never looked in the camera.

And that shows in pictures too while I was traveling at a young age.

If anything, where do you see yourself heading in the next few years? What would you like to do? Or if anything, do you want to change anything or do something? Well,

But to start out, Sam, I'd like to ask you, what is your moment of impact?

Uh, the moment of impact is not really a moment as it's a buildup to a moment.

So being diagnosed with autism, you can imagine in school I dealt with the bullying, exclusion, the stereotypes that you can all imagine.

And I think the kicker why is I gave in by people pleasing, by doing what people wanted me to do, saying, "Yes, ma'am.

Yes, sir," all the time.

Well, after 15 years of seeing this isn't working, I'm getting really mad right now because I'm not having any friends.

I'm not invited to Halloween parties like some of my friends are.

What advice do you have for other people that are struggling right now and feel like they haven't found their friend group yet?

Do you want to tell listeners a little bit more about yourself, where you're from?

Well, I suppose I do.

So what I do is I run a podcast called Autism Rocks and Rolls.

And first of all, my name is Sam Mitchell from America.

But anyway, I run a podcast called Autism Rocks and Rolls.

It's a podcast about autism and how we cope with daily struggles that you may or may not understand.

Through the podcast, it's grown so much.

What advice would you want to give to someone currently struggling with bullying or feeling isolated?