The 13 Year Old CEO Of An App Helping The Disabled

13 year old Alexander Knoll is the CEO of the Ability App to help people with disabilities find accessible services near them.
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[@candraleann]

Wow just wow. He is one of a kind.

[@blueriver.]

This is wonderful! After all these years, a 13 year old comes up with something that society/the government should have made common place years ago! It's sad how much of contemporary life doesn't consider the disabled; I'm glad Alexander is conscientious enough to do something about it. Hopefully he can help encourage people with authority to do more about it.

[@linolium4814]

We already have something like that in Germany (it's called Wheelmap). I'm a wheelchair user and I find it very helpful. :)

[@AhmedHassan-vq8ou]

Okay but, germany isn't the only country with people on wheelchair

[@linolium4814]

Ahmed Hassan I wasn't saying that

[@von0410]

Ahmed Hassan he wasn’t saying that jeez

[@macbookfatty281]

Ahmed Hassan jeez

[@linolium4814]

I wasn't saying that.

[@rendrinkspaint]

Oh god he is so cool

[@RetroPlus]

That's beautiful, it's rare too. He's so understanding and intelligent.

[@johnmcloughlin9447]

Good on you lad !!

[@issuesexplained681]

I’m 13, and I can’t even edit my KZbin videos well, let alone start an app!

[@P0GFLIPPER]

I'm the CEO of my cool ideas too, they're not official yet...but I am the CEO

[@cheechchong8690]

wow his parents must be so proud of there child as if it was my child id be over the moon, What an amazing young kid with alot of potential keep up the good work lad, You have a 1m likes from me

[@thomaswest4033]

Literally the petit bourgeois.

[@guccipumpspradaboots7203]

amazing! god bless you!

[@juandeltoro8034]

I have a disability and I want to make friends with disabilities. I am going to try this app and see if I could make some friends

[@rosegold973]

This 13 y-o have more going on than me ._.

[@pappermint_8851]

Nol? I love yoo is taking over...

[@alecxander1593]

I respect him making this app to help disabled people but how is going to help blind people they can't see or use the phone

[@vanillasplash6198]

Western fast food, every time children eat good performance on the award, over a period of time will be the new kids liked

[@mattm.2921]

Ah so a reskinned google maps with a special feature

[@grapefives7762]

Time to go can do some computer science

[@edrichdry1668]

I dont want to be sinical or mean but this kid got lucky !! Theres people with better ideas and will never be successfull because lack of funding and support

[@spera2919]

It's not mean, he does mention being thankful for those opportunities at the end of the video.

[@edrichdry1668]

Shyre Point true but im tierd of privliged peoples sucsess stories I want to hear the stories of people who didnt have money or help to get where thei are .

[@HotdogSosage]

Edrich Dry hundreds of them out there. You need smarts, an idea and lots of luck to be successful, regardless of background

[@edrichdry1668]

J J big highlight on lots of luck😂

[@sugarhoneybee2979]

I understand where you’re coming from, but creating and managing an app- especially at age thirteen- is a monumental task. It’s not about ‘luck’- it’s about a phenomenal IQ. And what do you mean by ‘better ideas’? Do you think helping disabled people isn’t worth the trouble?

[@AccuphaseMan]

1. I highly doubt he developed the entire thing himself. 2. I don't see this as being profitable or successful in the long-term. 3. He seems to think he's more than he actually is.

[@oc4026]

Agreed. I fail to see how this can generate revenue. Disabled people who will use the app are only a fraction of the population. But he's a 13 year old kid so....

[@AccuphaseMan]

Furthermore, I would go so far as to say that on average, people using the app aren't very wealthy, so he wouldn't be able to increase prices to cater to a smaller market.

[@malachicastro]

Gen Z represent tbh,

[@endlesssummer9139]

Kid should be kid. Kid nowaday want grow up so fast. Look at how he talk. I find it very annoying.

[@HotdogSosage]

Why? What a stupid thing to say. Appealing to tradition? Are you from a shitty Asian country?

[@bravoalley228]

Why assume Asian?

[@HotdogSosage]

Bravo Alley because Asia has outdated social and traditional pressures

[@bravoalley228]

no society is perfect. There is less respect for education in the West which is a problem as people in the East will progress in related industries that involve STEM. Asia tends to be patriarchal societies that can leave an undue higher amount of inequality to women. It's not only Asia that can have some outdated social and traditional pressures. The concept of tipping in the US is anachronistic and to many non-US people, it is considered messed up.