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[GUITAR STRINGS]

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All right.

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This is a song by Jacob.

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And Jacob was that our
songwriting workshop last night.

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He's not here today, I believe,
but he's another amazing speller

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that I've been working
with for a long time.

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And he is not strictly
a non-speaker,

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he's an unreliable speaker.

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And again, for those
of you who don't know,

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this is another thing
that I didn't quite

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understand before I
started doing this work.

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But some autistic speaker
folks can produce language,

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they can talk, but
it's not always

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actually what they intend.

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It's kind of like
automatic speaking,

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or it can be repetitive loops.

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Sometimes, it's deliberate
and it is what they mean,

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but sometimes it's
just a physical pattern

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that's not consistent
with what they actually

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are wanting to say.

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And Jacob is an
unreliable speaker

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in that sometimes he
says what he wants

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and sometimes he says
something, but then

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needs to clarify that's
not actually what I mean

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and spells it out
on the letter board.

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But I say all of that because
he's also able to sing.

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And so this is a song that
he recently performed,

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himself, singing
at a talent show.

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I pre-recorded the
guitar for him--

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and he's working on the
guitar too, actually.

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But this is called
Never Give Up.

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And certainly he's a
guy who never gives up.

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This is an amazing tune.

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Actually, we're
going to go up here.

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[GUITAR PLAYING]

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(SINGING) I see the
dream in my mind

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I have hope for the future
I said goals of every kind

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And I wake up every day

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I won't stop till finished
I work hard with no play

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And small changes bring growth

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Stick to the plan

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Never give up and
victor you'll stand

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The total despair
threatens my head

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I hope I can reach
the dream up ahead

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And for months I have strived

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Only seeing small change

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I want to accomplish
all I've tried

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Small changes bring growth

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Stick to the plan

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Never give up and
victor you'll stand

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And I want independence

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Want to be my own man

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I want to be married and
have a family of my own

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I want to learn new things

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Want to have friends
all around me

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You want to drive by
myself to places unknown

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Small changes bring growth

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Stick to the plan

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Never give up and
victor you'll stand

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Never give up and
victor you'll stand.

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[GUITAR PLAYING]

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[APPLAUSE]

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