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This is by a writer
named Quincy.

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And one of the
interesting things

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about this spelling as
a means of communication

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is that it's relatively
new as things go.

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And so there's a lot
of folks, including

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the folks here in the room,
who for much of their lives,

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did not have a way
of communicating.

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They were not able to speak.

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And so folks were assuming that
they were like nonverbal, which

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is different from non-speaking.

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And so it wasn't until
discovering this possibility

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of using the letter
board as a way

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to communicate that the
incredible interior worlds

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within the minds of
these young writers

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was able to find
its way outward.

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And so a lot of the writers
that I've worked with

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have described, they've
even used the same image

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of the silent cage, which
is the way that they're

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talking about that time before
being able to communicate.

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They're following everything in
every conversation around them.

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They have opinions and
ideas of their own.

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They have things that
they want to contribute,

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but there's not a way for
that to be externalized.

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And that shows up in
a lot of these songs.

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But this one is a
particularly memorable way

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of putting it that Quincy
has come up with here.

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So this is called
"Coming Into My Own."

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(SINGING) I was not heard.

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I was alone.

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No one saw me, even at home.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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No one could see it.

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No one could see it.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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No one could see it.

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No one could see it.

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But now I am knowing all I can.

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And my knowledge is
my destined plan.

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I'm setting the course in
charge of my directions,

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spelling my way to
my independence.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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No one could see it.

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No one could see it.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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No one could see it.

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No one could see it.

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But I'm bringing about
a change so profound.

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It will have lasting
effects on everyone around.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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Now you can see it.

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Now you can see it.

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I had to make my own
world within myself.

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Now you can see it.

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Now you can see it.

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[APPLAUSE]

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