High school senior Maher Abukhader shares his journey of how his Autism prevented him from being able to truly communicate with words prior to 3rd grade. But with support from his family, new friends he's met along the way, and an amazing teacher helped him build up his confidence enough to give a TEDx Talk. He is a teen who TRULY knows the power of words. Maher Abukhader is a senior at Valencia High School. Outside of school, he likes video games (but only sports or games with a story), sports, exercising, movies, hanging out with friends/family, and he likes being a helping hand. TEDx is such a honor because it’s always filled with great people with great stories and he would have never guessed that he would be put on this list. Also, he wants to speak because his talk is about how hard it was for him to speak. Maher was diagnosed with autism, so he would like to advocate for kids or people that also have autism. And a big thank you to his mentor, Mr. Lay. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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