Hello my name is Joseph. I am 12 years old and love soccer, drums, basketball, boogie boarding, and Star Wars. However this isn’t about me, it’s about my 9-year-old brother, Nicholas. My brother is just like any other kid. He has friends, loves playing, is friendly, and is a normal kid, except he has autism. […]
My name is Cyrus Zahiri. I am 11 years old and I am going into 6th grade at Curtis School. I love to play tennis, golf, and basketball in my spare time. I also enjoy playing the piano and saxophone, and performing in the school choir. I also really like learning in school. However, sometimes […]
My name is Caroline Svatek. I am ten years old and in 5th grade. I play soccer, basketball, and Cooking Fever on my iPad nonstop. Even though I have all of these great things in my life, there are some things that can frighten me. I have an invisible difference– a fear of elevators. Every time […]
My name is Tracy Williams. I live with mild-moderate cerebral palsy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cerebral palsy affects my lower extremities, fine motor skills and my rate of speech, but not my cognitive ability. Due to four orthopedic procedures during my childhood, I did stop growing at the age of twelve. This is why […]
My name is Camy Zahiri, and I am 11 years old. I’m proud to be a Junior Ambassador for the Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI) in Los Angeles. I am also a gymnast, on the Gymnastics Team at JAG Gym in Culver City, CA. I have been doing gymnastics for about 4 years now, […]
My name is Carson van Dyk. I’m 11 years old and I have lived my whole life in Los Angeles. I love to play football, golf, tennis, go snowboarding and play Fortnite just like a lot of my friends. But I’m also different than a lot of my friends because I have a fear of […]
My name is Jax Klein, I’m 11 years old, and I have lived in California my whole life. I like to do activities like football, baseball, swimming, surfing, go skateboarding and play video games just like a lot of my friends. I’m also different than a lot of my friends because I have glasses. The […]
Hi. My name is Landon Svatek and I am 12 years old. I like basketball, video games, and playing with my sister and pets Bella, Finn and Papa. Anyway, this is about my flaunt so let’s get started. My flaunt is my arm. I was born with right arterial thrombosis which is a blood clot […]
My name is Parker van Dyk and I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life with my parents and younger brother Carson. I’m like most other teens my age: I love Shawn Mendes, hate homework, and stay up late watching my favorite YouTubers, Dan & Phil. But one thing makes me very different from […]
My name is Olivia, I am 11 years old and in the 5th grade. I participate in basketball, volleyball, soccer, swimming and sometimes gymnastics. I enjoy playing the piano and sing in the school choir. I love hanging out with all of my fun, nice and joyful friends. They support me and believe in me. That […]
“My name is Laurie Zappulla and here is my pitch!” That is the opening line for all TEDx speakers and I voiced my pitch this past March. In 1979, a week before my freshman year of college, I jumped into a swimming pool and broke my neck. At that moment, I didn’t have to wonder […]
My name is Jules Klein, I’m 10 years old and I live in California. I do competitive cheerleading, play the drums, and love to surf like a lot of people in California. But I am also different from a bunch of people because I have a mark going up from my belly button to just […]
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