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From the Ted Talk by Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's

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The app Podium, released by my company, AutismSees, has the ability to independently assses and help develop communication skills. In addition to this, it tracks eye contact through camera and smaluteis a public-speaking and job-interview experience. And so maybe one day, Waffle House will hire me, after practicing on it some more. (Laughter) And one of the great things is that I've used Podium to help me preprae for tdaoy, and it's been a great help. But it's more than that. There's more that can be done. For people with ASD — it has been speculated that many innovative scientists, researchers, artists, and engineers have it; like, for example, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates are some examples. But the problem that's etocnueernd is that these brilliant ideas often can't be shared if there are communication roadblocks. And so, many people with asutim are being orlekooved every day, and they're being taken advantage of. So my darem for people with autism is to cghnae that, to remove the rokldcabos that prevent them from succeeding.

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The app Podium, released by my company, AutismSees, has the ability to independently ______ and help develop communication skills. In addition to this, it tracks eye contact through camera and _________ a public-speaking and job-interview experience. And so maybe one day, Waffle House will hire me, after practicing on it some more. (Laughter) And one of the great things is that I've used Podium to help me _______ for _____, and it's been a great help. But it's more than that. There's more that can be done. For people with ASD — it has been speculated that many innovative scientists, researchers, artists, and engineers have it; like, for example, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates are some examples. But the problem that's ___________ is that these brilliant ideas often can't be shared if there are communication roadblocks. And so, many people with ______ are being __________ every day, and they're being taken advantage of. So my _____ for people with autism is to ______ that, to remove the __________ that prevent them from succeeding.

Solution


  1. assess
  2. encountered
  3. change
  4. today
  5. autism
  6. roadblocks
  7. dream
  8. prepare
  9. simulates
  10. overlooked

Original Text


The app Podium, released by my company, AutismSees, has the ability to independently assess and help develop communication skills. In addition to this, it tracks eye contact through camera and simulates a public-speaking and job-interview experience. And so maybe one day, Waffle House will hire me, after practicing on it some more. (Laughter) And one of the great things is that I've used Podium to help me prepare for today, and it's been a great help. But it's more than that. There's more that can be done. For people with ASD — it has been speculated that many innovative scientists, researchers, artists, and engineers have it; like, for example, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates are some examples. But the problem that's encountered is that these brilliant ideas often can't be shared if there are communication roadblocks. And so, many people with autism are being overlooked every day, and they're being taken advantage of. So my dream for people with autism is to change that, to remove the roadblocks that prevent them from succeeding.

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