In a few days, I will turn 30 years old and I recently watched the hit movie: 13 going on 30. My journey to get to my 30s has been filled with accomplishments and opportunities to educate those I love, admire and respect about autism. When I was first diagnosed with autism, I struggled to make friends, deal with changes to my schedule and not see things as black and white. These struggles in all honesty still present themselves. I try not let autism define me because in God's image I am fearfully and wonderfully made. God made me to educate anyone about autism through public speaking and giving presentations. My journey become a public speaker started when I was a sophomore at Chaparral High School and I was asked to speak during a school-wide assembly which had over 2,000 people- staff and students in attendance. After this speech, I realized I had a gift of speaking in front of big groups- ranging in si...