I have brain damage, and that's OK
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Published 2023-11-22
All Comments (21)
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This guy is a better speaker than most of my classmates during presentations
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lol "thank you for coming to my TED talk" cracked me up
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Absolute gigachad.
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You’re more eloquent than 80% of population
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as a disabled person its so nice to see more of us speaking up and letting people know we're out here and just like everyone else, and that even if we aren't it's still ok!
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We love you Gabe. People are quick to judge and assume that you are different from everybody else but it isn't true.
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Huge respect i‘d say stay strong but it looks like you already are stronger than all of us keep on going man💪
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You're right! It is OK. It doesn't matter what ethnicity we are, what abilities or disabilities we have, what viewpoints on the world we have. We're all human. Let's just live life to the fullest! 😁 (P.S. You have a real talent for speaking, keep it up! 😊)
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You are an unfathomably bright flicker of light in a sea of darkness Gabe, I know it's not the same but I just turned 29 and I didn't really recognize the importance of Mental Health and the awareness of it until recently myself; there are two types of people in this world and you're part of the group that we should ALL aspire to be part of. Keep being a diamond in the rough; much love and stay safe my friend!
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When I was 9 I got a genetic disease called paroxysmal kinesigenic choreateosis(short PKC). I was afraid of telling people I knew because it was so weird, I had never experienced something remotely similar before. I tried to cover it for many years but it worsened. I eventually did tell my parents about it when I was about 14½, and it's the best decition of my life. My parents were so understanding. I went to a doctor and they weren't able to figure out what it was because it's so rare, about 1 in 1 000 000(1 million). Eventually they were able to figure out what it was. I would describe the disease as basically having CP, only that PKC comes in episodes of being in a state where my body moves by itself and my arms become bended like with CP and it's hard to control and I can easily fall over. It lasts like around 20-30 seconds based on the day, and I can experience it like over 100 times on a bad day. It's a genetic problem with my nervous system. Luckily, my disease has a "cure", a medicine I take twice a day called trimonil and it's life changing. I take a very small dose; about 150mg a day and I can barely feel it anymore with minimal side-effects. I am now 16 and living a happy, PKC-free life. I hope that one day there will be a "cure" for CP too.
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Thank you for remembering us those things, it is indeed easy to forget that we just have to treat everyone the same way and be patient with the people who need patience
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The way you articulate yourself is honestly far superior than very many "normal" people, You should be proud of yourself man. loved the ending!
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You articulate yourself very well despite your brain damage good sir. Great video. I love South Park too. :hand-purple-blue-peace:
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You have a beautiful heart man and you inspire to grow my compassion a little more.
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You’re more articulate than the vast majority of kids in my college upper level communications class.
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Dude you just inspired the f*** outta me im serious man you are such a strong person my brother fr be strong and contiuue to motivate others my brotha
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Thanks for sharing, I really actually learned how much I've been confused about it.
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Thank You for the Disability Awareness!! Great job!
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Thank you for this video, truly. You have expanded my mind, honestly. Thank you.
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Stay strong, Gabe!