Welcome to Why Not Me The World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mantour.

Broadcasting from Music City, USA. Nashville, Tennessee.

Join us as our guests tell us their stories.

Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry. Real life people who

will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.

Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance,

and a better understanding for autism around the world. Hi I'm Tony Mantor. Welcome to Why Not Me the World. My guest today is Jim Aryan. He was diagnosed

autistic later in life. He's here to tell us how that affected him, how that changed his life.

Also, he talks about something that society in general just does not want to talk about.

It's the second leading cause of death for autistic people

around the world. And that's suicide. He will tell us his journey through his life with autism,

how it affected him, how he considered suicide, how he tried to

commit suicide, and now how he is an advocate for the autistic community around the world.

Thanks for coming on to tell your story.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you, Tony.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

You've got such a great story.

You're an advocate for autism.

You found out later in life you're autistic.

Tell us a little bit about both if you would. As an advocate and a writer I make sure to

tie in years and ages or if I'm in high school what grade so that people can relate to that basic information.

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