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00:00There are plenty of types of people in this universe besides humans.
00:07Human people need to learn to love spiders.
00:10Human people need to learn to love spiders.
00:17Yeah, Kevin, she'll be coming behind you.
00:20Through this way?
00:22Yeah, from down over there.
00:23Oh, okay.
00:26Um, everybody, she's on her way.
00:30Hi.
00:35You've got a big crew here.
00:37Who are they here for?
00:39You.
00:40Hi, everybody.
00:42Hello.
00:43Hi.
00:44Hello.
00:45Hello, hello.
00:46How are you here?
00:47Hi, nice to meet you.
00:48My name's Lyle.
00:49Lyle?
00:50Yes.
00:51Nice to meet you, Lyle.
00:52Nice to meet you.
00:53Did you come off the plane today to come here?
00:55I came all the way from Singapore.
00:57Oh, you're from China?
00:59From Asia, who was just there visiting.
01:02Oh, cool, cool.
01:03You're one of my favorite dragons on Dragon's Dance.
01:05Oh, thank you.
01:06You're now my favorite.
01:07Congrats on 20 seasons on Dragon's Dance.
01:08I know.
01:09Yeah, congratulations.
01:10Nice to meet you here.
01:11Dickinson.
01:12What's your name?
01:13Name's Luca.
01:14Luca?
01:15Yes.
01:16Juliana.
01:17Hi, Juliana.
01:18Hi, Juliana.
01:19Hi, Caldra.
01:20Hi, Caldra.
01:21It's nice to meet you in person versus on TV.
01:22Oh, it's so nice to meet you, too.
01:24Are there more of you coming out?
01:25That's right.
01:26Yeah.
01:27Oh, wow.
01:28Wait a minute.
01:29I had no idea there were so many.
01:30Yeah.
01:31Wow.
01:32I'm a little nervous.
01:33Don't be nervous.
01:34Okay.
01:35Be yourself, for sure.
01:36Yeah.
01:37Be yourself, yeah.
01:38This is going to be the best one, right?
01:40Yeah.
01:41Yeah.
01:42Yay.
01:43Woo-hoo.
01:47Okay, everybody.
01:48I think we're ready to get started.
01:50Juliana, can you open the show for us?
01:58Welcome to the Assembly, a collective of autistic and neurodivergent interviewers.
02:05We are very delighted to have you join us today.
02:08Our rules are no subjects are out of bounds, no questions are off the table, and all might happen.
02:18Can you please tell us who you are and embrace yourself for something fun?
02:22Okay.
02:23Well, thank you, Juliana.
02:24I am Arlene Dickinson, and I'm going to have fun.
02:28I came all this way to have fun.
02:30So, yes, we're going to have a good time.
02:32Our first question is Lucas.
02:43Thank you so much for doing this.
02:45I know you've won the Queen Elizabeth III Platinum Jubilee Medal, is that correct?
02:50Mm-hmm.
02:51I'm also King Charles III Coronation Medal.
02:53Oh, wow.
02:54That's amazing.
02:57I'd love to know why you got the King's Coronation Medal.
03:01My work in autism advocacy, among others.
03:03Okay.
03:04Wow.
03:05Okay.
03:06Anyway, my question to you, Arlene, is for anyone in the autism community or any community member,
03:10down on their luck, is there any advice or anything you would give to them?
03:13Because you've gone through so much in your life.
03:16So, I came from like, when we came from South Africa, my family had like $50.
03:25We had no money at all.
03:27And so, we lived very, very poor.
03:29We had no money for groceries.
03:31So, food was a very big thing in our home.
03:33We couldn't go to the grocery store to get food whenever we wanted it, because we didn't
03:37have any money.
03:38We couldn't just go to the store to get food.
03:40You know, we had food, but it was very, wasn't like a regular thing.
03:43We never had new clothes.
03:45I never had a new dress until I was 13 years old.
03:49Holy.
03:50And that was because I actually saved my money from babysitting to be able to buy that dress.
03:55And it cost me like $12.
03:58I can remember this like yesterday.
04:00And that was like a lot of money back then.
04:03Mm-hmm.
04:04And I think when you come from nothing, it can be easy to become a victim and say that
04:09you're always going to have nothing, but it's advocating for yourself and doing the
04:16things that are going to tell you that you can get out of the situation you're in.
04:20Absolutely.
04:21And that takes courage.
04:24And I think when you're feeling down, remember that you actually are shining for somebody
04:29themselves and you're making their life better.
04:31Well, I really do appreciate that.
04:33And everyone here.
04:34Thanks you for that.
04:35Thanks, Lucas.
04:36And next is Damon.
04:38Hello, Arlene.
04:48I'm Damon.
04:49It is lovely to have you here with us today.
04:52I am non-speaking, so we'll need a little time to type out my question.
04:58As a non-speaking individual, it often happens that people assume I don't understand the world
05:26around me.
05:27They address me as though I am an adorable little kid.
05:31Consequently, I am anxious in new situations.
05:36So, I am wondering, are there aspects of your life in which you feel insecure?
05:42Oh, Damon, such a good question.
05:47I am really insecure in places where I feel judged by my appearance.
06:01So, I almost didn't go on the TV show, Damon, because I thought people were going to judge
06:07me by the way I looked.
06:09And it was a new situation for me.
06:11And I thought they were going to think that I was either too old or too overweight or I
06:16had too many wrinkles or I wasn't smart enough or didn't know what I was doing.
06:21And that made me really anxious.
06:24So, I suffer from anxiety attacks and panic attacks often.
06:30And they are scary, right?
06:32They are horrible because you wake up in the middle of the night and you can be really upset.
06:36But I think we need to just remember that you shouldn't care what they think about you.
06:41You should only care about how you feel about yourself.
06:44When I have anxiety attacks, I tend to, I try really hard to do breathing exercises and
06:51all the things that they tell you to do when you have anxiety attacks.
06:54So, I do all that stuff.
06:56I hope maybe that will help you too because it helps me.
06:59Thanks.
07:18Sorry about your panic attacks.
07:21You are exceptionally lovely and thanks for the advice.
07:25Yeah, anxiety, it's not fun.
07:28It sucks.
07:29But don't let it get to you.
07:31You're, you're great.
07:34I don't care.
07:36Okay, darling.
07:37Okay.
07:38Are you going to give me a hug?
07:40Oh, thank you.
07:41Oh, that's all.
07:51Alex is next.
07:53Sorry, my yarn is tangled.
07:55There you go.
07:57Hey.
07:58Alex, is that a snail?
07:59Yes, it is.
08:00It is a slug.
08:01I love it.
08:02Yes.
08:03Would you like to, would you like to try it out?
08:05Yeah, let me try it out.
08:06Thank you for sharing it with me.
08:08It's a slug.
08:09There you go.
08:10This is a mini slug.
08:11They do come in larger sizes as well.
08:13I like it.
08:14I like it.
08:15Fantastic.
08:16I'm glad you like it.
08:17So my question for you today is, what is your biggest weakness in your career?
08:24My biggest weakness in my career has been probably not believing in myself enough early on.
08:33Yeah.
08:34I think when we're trying to build our lives, it's really easy to defeat yourself before anyone else defeats you, right?
08:42Definitely.
08:43To tell yourself you can't do things and to tell yourself you're not good enough.
08:47And so I think my biggest weakness has been not believing in myself early enough to be able to realize I could do more than I thought I could.
08:57That's fantastic.
08:58I started my career out like a slug, I would say.
09:00I was a little slow and I was sliding along.
09:04I needed to grow into something that was a little bit bigger and stronger.
09:07Yeah.
09:08I don't want to take this from you, so thank you for sharing it with me.
09:11It would actually help to have it.
09:13Next is Luke.
09:16Hey, Luke.
09:21Hi, Arlene.
09:24Thank you for being a guest on the assembly.
09:27My question for you is, have you always had a love for people?
09:34As an introvert myself, I find extroverts interesting.
09:39That's such a good question, Luke.
09:45Oh, you make me cry.
09:50Hi.
09:51Um.
09:52Aw.
09:53Aw.
09:54Aw.
09:55Okay.
09:56Go ahead.
09:58So, I'm an introvert too, Luke.
10:00And people think I'm an extrovert because I'm on TV and I'm like, I'm out there as a public
10:05personality.
10:06But I think, I think introverts are just people who feel things inside, but they still, it
10:18doesn't mean that they don't like people, right?
10:20Just because you're an introvert doesn't mean you don't like people.
10:23And I love people, but I like having just a few people around me at a time.
10:27The reason I'm crying is my parents taught me to love people.
10:32But I am very much an introvert, very insecure introvert.
10:37So, it's interesting how we can see people on the outside and we can judge them for what
10:44we see and we think they're a certain way, but we never know what people are feeling on
10:48the inside.
10:49Right?
10:50Right.
10:51It's a really great question, Luke, and thank you for recording it.
10:55All that, all that work on my makeup, gone.
11:02It's okay.
11:03It's natural to, natural to feeling.
11:06Yeah, it's natural.
11:07Natural to show emotion.
11:09Yeah.
11:10It's natural to show emotion.
11:11Yeah.
11:12The kindness that makes you beautiful, actually.
11:13Not really the makeup.
11:14Aww.
11:15Yeah, it's okay to be emotional.
11:16It's all right.
11:17Everyone has those moments.
11:18It's okay.
11:19Yeah.
11:20Next is Conrad.
11:25Hello, Arlene.
11:26Hey, Conrad.
11:27Thanks for coming here.
11:30Since nothing is off the table, what led you to have an affair?
11:36Oh!
11:37Oh!
11:38Oh!
11:39Oh!
11:40Oh!
11:41Oh!
11:42Oh!
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12:09Oh!
12:10Oh!
12:11Oh!
12:12Oh!
12:13Oh!
12:14Well, what led you in having an affair?
12:15What led me to have an affair?
12:16My ex-husband.
12:17He was nine years older than me, and we got married when I was 19 years old,
12:2419 years old. And I didn't, I don't know, like I just wasn't thinking very well. I was
12:30young and I was in a hurry to get married and I was in a hurry to fall in love. And
12:35I was really unhappy in my marriage. And I wasn't very mature. And I was looking for
12:43love in all the wrong places. That's what led me to heaven up there. Right? Uh-oh.
12:50Yeah. Yeah. I was very young and I was just the first person that showed me some love.
12:55I thought loved me. And it was exactly the wrong thing to do. So I'm not very proud of
13:01that moment, but that's why I did it. We appreciate it. Thank you for sharing.
13:06Yeah. Yeah. You're welcome. Next is Dylan.
13:13Hello, Arlene. My question for you is you wake up and
13:19everyone thinks you are Kevin O'Leary.
13:22Oh, no.
13:24What? No.
13:28What would you do? Would you freak out or lean in? What would you do?
13:33He is so different than I am. We couldn't be more opposite of each other. Like, well,
13:39first of all, I have hair.
13:42Oh.
13:42Is that a little burn?
13:51And second of all, I like to make people happy, not tell them that they can't do something.
13:57I would be doing everything I could to tell them that I was a nice version of Kevin O'Leary.
14:02Kevin O'Leary 2.0.
14:07I like that.
14:08Yeah.
14:08Yeah.
14:09Thanks, Dylan.
14:12Bobby, you're up.
14:13Oh, okay.
14:20Hey, Bobby.
14:22Is there a childhood experience that still haunts you today? And how does it affect your life now?
14:28Well, yes. When my parents got divorced when I was 13 years old, because I came from a very poor
14:41upbringing, and that was a really difficult time for me. I had to learn to take care of myself and
14:50that I couldn't rely on anyone else to take care of me. And so that was very hard.
14:55Sorry to hear that.
14:56Yeah. Thank you. That still drives me today, where I feel like everything I have could be
15:02taken away from me tomorrow. And so I'm still very driven to do as best as I can and take
15:10care of myself and my family. And it still drives me every day. Yeah.
15:17Thanks, Bobby.
15:19Nicole, you're next.
15:26I've had some seizures before, so I'm using a walker like that.
15:32So due to my autism, I was ostracized as a student. My question for you is, what was your
15:46social life like in school?
15:48Well, I'm sad to hear you were ostracized because of your autism. That's just wrong. I was younger in
16:00school, so I was a smart kid. So I was two years younger than everybody else in my class.
16:08And so when I graduated high school, I was 16 years old and everybody else would have been
16:13almost 18 years old. And I didn't fit in. I didn't fit in with the older kids and I didn't
16:19fit in with the younger kids because the younger kids were behind me in school and the older kids
16:23thought I was just a kid. You know, they didn't want to hang with me. And I wasn't one of the cool
16:28kids. Like I was not a cool kid at all. I was like really nerdy and I just didn't, I wasn't cool.
16:34I still am not a cool kid. Like, I, you know what? I think it's okay. Like all the kids in school
16:40that were like the cool kids, if you meet them today, they're not as cool today. So you just
16:45realize that that's their moment in time. They peak early. That's what I say. They peak early.
16:51But I, I think kids can be super mean. And I, and I, and yeah, I've seen that. Yeah.
16:58And experience. That's been my experience. Yeah.
17:01Yeah. We were all surrounded by assholes when we were kids. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
17:06Yeah. That was a great question. Thank you. Thank you. Sophie, you're next.
17:18Okay. So my question is, uh, uh, bring up your podcast, um, with the title, Arlene is Alone.
17:27Uh, what's it like being alone at your age? Oh, wow. Well, I actually really like being alone
17:40because I get to do whatever I want whenever I want to do it. And I actually, I'm never really
17:47alone. If you've watched the podcast, I always have people on the show, but being alone is nothing
17:53to be afraid of. Being alone can, can be scary when it first happens to you, but you can, again,
17:59you can be strong. And it's just because I'm not with somebody like romantically doesn't mean I don't
18:05have friends. I have lots of friends. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, Sophie. Luca, you are next.
18:13Hello, Arlene Dickinson. Hi. I'm here to ask you a question. This one's going to kind of cut a little
18:18deep. So I heard you got divorced. And I wonder like, how did you feel, um, when, when that
18:30divorce happened, when you lost custody of children? Wow. Like you guys go right to the heart.
18:38Yeah. Um, how I felt at the time, it was devastating. It was awful. It was really,
18:47really hard. And so going through divorce when you have little kids was not easy. And I felt like a
18:54failure. Um, what kind of failure did you feel like you were on, on, did you feel like you were
19:01falling off a waterfall? I think I felt like I was hitting a wall. Like I was driving into a wall
19:09because I, I felt like it stopped me. And, and so I'd say it was more like that. You know, my,
19:16my ex-husband is no longer alive. So what I would say is you have to forgive. I had to forgive him.
19:24And I hope he forgave me because if you carry hate in your heart, and it just makes you unhappy. And,
19:31and what do they say? You don't want somebody living rent-free in your head.
19:35Understood.
19:38Wow.
19:47Hey.
19:49Yeah, gentlemen.
19:51Okay.
19:54That was fun.
20:07Okay.
20:09That was good.
20:12That was fun.
20:13Great. Okay.
20:14Everybody is back.
20:16Kevin, you are next.
20:19Hello, Arlene.
20:20Welcome and congrats on 20 seasons of Dragon's Den.
20:23So I'd like to congratulate.
20:25So my question is, um, when you got your first divorce, you were kicked out of the Mormon church.
20:29How did that feel? How do you feel about the church now?
20:34Well, yeah.
20:36Um, I did get kicked out of the church and it, at the time it felt like it was devastating.
20:43But, you know, to me, religion is only good if it teaches you how to be a better human, not if it teaches you to divide and to think that other people aren't, aren't good enough.
20:56And, and the church actually gave me a lot of good foundational teachings that I take with me still today.
21:03Um, so I don't, I don't hold it against the church that they excommunicated me.
21:08Um, in some ways they set me free to be who I am.
21:14Yeah, like when another door closes and a door opens, that phrase, right?
21:18Yes, exactly.
21:18Similar to that, yeah.
21:19Just because they didn't want me doesn't mean somebody else didn't.
21:21Yeah, yeah.
21:23Yeah.
21:23As long as you feel happy now, it's, yeah.
21:25Exactly.
21:26It's great, yeah.
21:27And I do feel happy now.
21:28Yeah.
21:29Excellent.
21:30Thank you, Kevin.
21:31Thanks, Kevin.
21:31Okay.
21:32Uh, next is Juliana.
21:33Okay.
21:34Uh, next is Juliana.
21:35Oh, when writing your book, Persuasion, what was the biggest thing that it forced you to
21:45admit to yourself that you hadn't said out loud before?
21:49Oh, yeah.
21:50That first book was really hard because when you write a book, you have to really be prepared
21:57to say things that you haven't said to everybody before so that you can be really honest and
22:02transparent.
22:03And so for me, it was admitting all of the things that I doubted about myself.
22:10It was very difficult to admit out loud, you know, things that I wasn't sure about and
22:16hadn't done right.
22:18Um, in particular, you know, like the divorce I'd gone through and having to raise my four
22:23children and all of these very personal things that I now was sharing with complete strangers
22:29because they were going to read a book about it.
22:31But when you share things that are really personal and hard for you to share, it actually makes
22:38you stronger, not weaker, right?
22:40Being vulnerable actually makes you a stronger human.
22:46Thank you, Juliana.
22:48Devin is next.
22:50Hey, Devin.
22:51My question for you is, I worry about Professor, what's starting?
23:08Can I help you a little?
23:11How do you feel?
23:13How do you feel about the future?
23:21How do I feel about the future?
23:23Yeah, um, I'm worried about the future because I think people are kind of gotten a little bit
23:30out there right now and the world can be feeling a little bit like it's spinning too fast, if
23:37that makes sense.
23:38You know, do you ever get the sense that things are going too fast?
23:40Yeah.
23:40Things aren't in control, right?
23:43Yeah.
23:43I feel that way about the world right now, um, but I think the future is going to be
23:48better.
23:49I think people are going to hopefully figure out how to hold hands and get along, and I
23:54really want to believe that people are going to sort it out.
23:58I hope that technology doesn't replace this.
24:01What I love about this is it's people talking to people.
24:04What I hate about technology is that we're looking at our phones, we're looking at our
24:08computers, and we're not talking to each other anymore.
24:11So I really like, I hope the future is more human interaction.
24:17Great.
24:18Thank you, Devin.
24:21Thanks, Devin.
24:23Julia is next.
24:25Hey, Arlene.
24:26Hey, Julia.
24:27First of all, I know that when someone else tells you this, it doesn't mean anything all
24:31the time, um, but I think you're gorgeous.
24:34Oh, thank you.
24:35You are.
24:37I'm sorry that you feel that way about yourself.
24:39I get that way too.
24:40Yeah.
24:41Yeah.
24:42Who in your life do you think sees you as you see yourself?
24:46Oh.
24:47Oh.
24:49Wow.
24:52I don't think anybody sees us as we see ourselves.
24:55I actually think we, how we think we are is generally not how other people see us.
25:01How we think we're showing up might not be how other people are receiving us because of where
25:06they're at in their lives.
25:08I don't even think my kids see me for who I think I see myself or who I think I am, but
25:16I'm not sure how I show up always.
25:18So it's interesting.
25:20But thank you for saying what you said, but thank you for saying what you said at the beginning.
25:22That means a lot.
25:24It's true.
25:25You're beautiful too.
25:27Yeah.
25:30Thank you for coming here.
25:31All right, everybody.
25:34Nicole is going to close the show for us.
25:37So, how was this experience for you?
25:51It was probably the best TV experience I've ever had, and I've had lots of TV experience,
26:00so it was amazing.
26:02Was it hard or easy?
26:04It was harder than I thought because you asked really good, personal, tough questions, and
26:11it was easier than I thought because you're all so kind and easy to get along with.
26:17Did you learn anything?
26:18Yeah, I learned that we can be really quick to judge.
26:22We can be too fast to assume that people can't do things because of either their physical
26:29appearance or their challenges like we all have, and I've learned to, again, remember
26:36to be understanding and patient and to help other people succeed is really what I care
26:42about, so I've learned a lot.
26:45Thank you for joining us.
26:48Thank you so much.
26:49Thank you, everybody.
26:57Hi, guys.
26:59Nice to meet you, too.
27:00Nice to meet you, too.
27:05Something I don't know.
27:06What did I say?
27:06Okay, everyone.
27:09Everyone, come on.
27:10Okay, I'll go.
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