crowd cheered. Whenever a crowd from the other team would boo, I loved it because it meant I
was doing a good job of
playing hard and getting into my opponents’
heads. Plus, it also
motivated me to again
show the crowds what I
can do and prove them
wrong.
Conner: What did you
do to become successful despite being bullied
and listening to what
others say?
Autism and Anti-Bullying now for over three
years, and it’s something that I really love and
enjoy doing. All of the
great places, communities I get to visit and
people I get to meet are
truly what makes my
job awesome. More importantly, the feedback
that I get from schools,
students and parents
is what makes my job
even better. The conversations I have with students after I present in
schools are great to hear
and for them to open up to someone like myself
is truly a blessing and shows that I’m doing my
job, which is to make an impact and leave an
impact even if it’s only on one person.
At the end of the day,
we don’t dream our
lives ... WE LIVE
THEM!!!
Anthony: Right when I graduated from Michigan State in 2012 is when I really started to hit
my peak in life. Plus, the more and more that
bullies and doubters kept doubting me and trying to bring me down, the more and more motivated I became to prove them wrong and show
people up. It was the bullies and doubters who
fueled me every day to prove the world wrong
and show them that someone like myself can go
far in life and live their dreams no matter what
the obstacle is in life.
I have been a national motivational speaker for
The message I have for kids, parents, sports
teams, etc. around the country is L.Y.D., which
stands for Live Your Dreams. It’s something that
I encourage every person around the country to
do, to live their dreams and accomplish every
goal that they have set in life NO MATTER the
obstacle. I was told as a young kid that I wasn’t
going to achieve anything in life because I was
born with autism, but I wasn’t going to let anyone determine my future because I determine
my own fate in life. At the end of the day, we
don’t dream our lives … WE LIVE THEM!!!
To learn more about Anthony and his story or to
book him for a presentation, visit his website. You
can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
Conner Cummings is a 23-year-old autistic
advocate who has a passion for photography,
ice skating, piano and Disney. In 2015 he won
the Advocate of the Year award by the Autism
Society of America for his participation in changing a parental
support law in VA which is now named after him – Conner’s
Law. You can follow Conner on Facebook and Twitter.
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