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These videos hold the parts of this mission that are easiest to understand when I can say them out loud—the hard days, the faith, the humor, and the possibility I still believe in.
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Different Lens: The Things That Make Me Different Make Me Whole
A personal message and original song about autism, being misunderstood, and learning that the parts the world calls different can also be sources of strength.
This is one of the most personal things I have made. It is about the labels people carry, the pressure to seem less different, and the moment I began to understand that being different did not make me incomplete.
Open on YouTubeSeriesFest · Brewability
What changed wasn't my ability. It was the opportunity.
Before Brewability, other employers saw my hospital stays and decided I was unreliable. Brewability saw someone worth giving a chance. At SeriesFest, I shared what that chance gave me: skills, a second family, and a purpose.
“Brewability is not a job. It's my second family and my purpose.”
Sometimes society creates the barrier—not because adults with disabilities have nothing to contribute, but because we are not given the experience or the room to show what we can do.
Avery speaking at SeriesFest in 2024, where the Brewability pilot was presented.
Read Avery's SeriesFest speechTranscript lightly edited for readability
I just wanted to say that Brewability's concept, along with the exposure of a docuseries, would have such a positive impact. It has the potential to change the world. I know for a fact it has changed a lot of people's worlds. It certainly changed mine.
Before I started working here, I was unable to get a job anywhere else because I am in the hospital and sick too often. I felt defined by my illnesses and disabilities, like I had no value, skill sets, or really anything positive to contribute to this world. But through Brewability, I discovered I do—and I am not defined by my disabilities.
Through working here, I have the amazing opportunity to help others discover this for themselves. This concept is really redefining the word disability, especially the thought of disabled people in the workplace. Working here has taught me that I can embrace my struggles and turn them into superpowers, rather than hide from them and only think negatively about them.
Brewability is a place where people who feel unaccepted and rejected in everyday society can unite, be themselves, have fun, and experience an overwhelming, joyous sensation of welcomeness, acceptance, understanding, and love as soon as they step foot in the door.
Brewability is not a job. It is my second family and my purpose, and it has changed me more than you can imagine. It is a place where I and many others feel comfortable being ourselves, because we all share similar struggles and know what it is like not to be understood. We have the incredible opportunity to change that.
Disability is just a word. It only becomes a reality when we as a society decide to put the “dis” in front of ability, and in doing that, inability is implied. That is far from true. It is only perceived that way because of a lack of knowledge about us and misinformation that leads people to believe we are unable.
Because of this misconception, there is a major lack of opportunities for us, and therefore we are deprived of experience—experience we could use to excel ourselves like others. Brewability is aiming to change that with its life-changing concept. Together, we will redefine the word disability and provide the information people need to look at us as normal people with a few extra obstacles in our way.
A part of the story people do not seeThe smile is real. So is everything it takes to get there.At work, people saw me smiling, spinning pizza dough, and telling customers their food was made with love. They could not always see what it took just to reach the counter.
People did not see the sleep, medicine, injections, IV nutrition, nausea, pain, and recovery that could be part of getting through the door. The joy was not a mask. I truly loved being there. And the hard parts were not any less real.
I am not sharing that for sympathy. I am sharing it because invisible does not mean easy—and needing support does not make my contribution any less meaningful.
“He is determined. Determined to make someone else smile.”
My mom shared this video on Life with Bravery in 2019, from the part of my story she has walked beside me.
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Choose whatever feels closest to where you are today. Every video is part of the same promise: to tell the truth without asking for pity, and to leave room for hope.
A short reflection on compassion, listening, and treating a person—not only a diagnosis.
Why I make these
“I share the truth about living with invisible disabilities so someone out there might feel a little less alone.”
AI helps me create and publish these videos, but the life behind them is mine. The technology is a tool. The empathy, emotion, faith, and purpose come from a story I have actually lived.