So you're a 15-year member of the Autism Society Greater Harrisburg Area, and, uh, I wanna know how you got involved with that, uh, organization.

Well, I was, um...

I'd originally been, was, uh, with a, a support- adult support group, which was a s- a, uh, from the, uh, Autism Society.

Split off of them.

Then I decided I needed a, more of a challenge, so I decided to run for a seat on the board for the Autism Society Greater Harrisburg affiliate.

... w- and so your teacher talked to your parents?

Um, my, actually, my parents ki- Well, I th- think that the teachers did talk to them a little bit, so they took me down to, I believe it was a place down in, uh, over in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that did the, uh, te- testing for the learning diagnosis.