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- [Yuko] Could you tell me,

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what is the title of the 
painting, to the camera.

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- Fish is having a good day 
because it's with a leaf.

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- [Yuko] He said, "One day I'll 
be a painter."

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So I said, "Okay, I've never 
seen you paint really much."

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- It's purple. 
- Purple, 99 is purple.

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Okay. And you like...

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Just because we think non-verbal

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doesn't necessarily means 
that he doesn't have

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a very powerful message.

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And it's up to us to be able 
to hear what that message is

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and be able to 
communicate with him.

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- Just like when you hear 
really good music, you know

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there's a lot of 
music theory behind it

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but you don't know it.

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If you're not into music, 
you don't really know it,

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but you feel it.

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So the same thing, when 
you see it his art.

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Sometimes people just come up.

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They couldn't explain 
it, but they love it.

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So I think that's awesome.

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- Well, most of the autistic 
person has very difficult time

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articulate their feelings.

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And I think this was 
a token that he knew

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that he could express 
himself through art.

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- It's having a fun day.

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- [Thomas] If we think about 
one of his pieces of artwork,

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a bad day is probably red.

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Probably going to be the 
number seven zero seven.

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So many times he may 
not say a lot of words

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but the words that he 
uses and chooses to say

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are very profound, 
very powerful.

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- I would think that you 
will never know what is

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the disabled can do for abled.

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How do I say? 
- Yeah, that's great, yeah.

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- Could you help me 
out with the words?

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- I guess the --

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- You gotta find you 
know, what they can...

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- I would say just, you know 
allow your child or your person

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to thrive with what 
they have passion with

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and don't limit 
them just because

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we think that they 
don't have an ability

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or they have a disability.

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They are overlooking 
the ability.

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