McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
“You can take what you believe in and turn it into a cause and change it. And that spark that you’ve been hearing about all day today, you can use that spark that you have within you and turn it into a fire.”
Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself
“People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with really specific labels.”
“If we can’t get inside the person’s minds, no matter if they’re autistic or not, instead of punishing anything that strays from normal, why not celebrate uniqueness and cheer every time someone unleashes their imagination?”
Henry Lin: What we can learn from galaxies far, far away
“So, yes, we need to focus, yes, we need to concentrate, but we also need to remember that innovation, ingenuity, inspiration — these things come when we broaden our field of vision when we step back when we zoom out.”