Sam Mitchell has autism. At 20 years old, he is a student, podcaster, entrepreneur, TEDX Speaker, and Executive Director of Autism Rocks and Rolls NonProfit. His official Website is autismrocksandrolls.com. Sam also has a TED Talk. Sam hosted a GALA in Bloomington, Indiana, called “Success for All and How We Get There,” with speaker Dr. Grandin. Sam has also spoken at The Griffin Promise Conference in Oklahoma, ASET conference in Ontario, Canada and the Podfest conference in Orlando, Florida. He will travel to Pompano Beach, Florida in January and has lots of virtual speaking engagements in 2022 and 2023.
In this program we will explore the following questions:
- What is normal?
- How is autism an ability?
- Why did Sam become a motivational speaker?
- What does his nonprofit, Autism Rocks and Rolls, do?
- Who was his favorite guest on his podcast?
- What changed for Sam during his sophomore year of high school?
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