Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's
ألكس جينروس: كيف تعلمتُ أن أصل حياتي الداخلية بمتلازمة أسبرجر
Alix Generous is a college student and biology researcher with Asperger syndrome. She stresses the importance of building accepting environments for all kinds of minds. Full bio
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my personal statement to college
طلب الالتحاق بالجامعة
instincts and language.
test, and troubleshoot everything --
و إصلاح كل شيء--
in his mind, accurately.
تكمن في عقله، و بدقة.
to our species, anyway.
في كل حال.
to hyper-focus on things that interest me.
في الأشياء التي أحب.
I had an affair with calculus
مع حساب التفاضل والتكامل
than some celebrity marriages.
بعض المشاهير.
unusual things about me.
that I don't have much inflection
often confuse me with a GPS.
نظام تحديد المواقع (GPS)
a challenge, unless you need directions.
ما لم تكن بحاجة لمعرفة الاتجاهات.
doing presentations,
قبل بضع سنوات،
for the first time.
مغرية.
what she was talking about.
you know, with your eyes,
ضحية الغميضة.
one is expected to display.
المُفترض ممارستها.
I struggled to fit in socially.
but I didn't understand them.
لكنني لم أكن أفهمها.
and Stephen Colbert --
و ستيفن كولبير.
from being shy and awkward
خجولة و معقدة
I did not have many friends.
الكثير من الأصدقاء.
تجاه الأقمشة.
was like pins and needles,
كما لو كان الدبابيس و الإبر،
is up to standards now, though.
الروتينية اعتيادية رغم ذلك.
and my parents --
و والديّ--
when I was sexually assaulted by a peer,
تحرش بي أحد أقراني،
it made a difficult situation worse.
across the country to get treatment,
على العلاج اللازم،
a new medication,
of the Walking Dead.
الموتى السائرون.
and began to hallucinate
وبدأت بالهلوسة
were coming towards me.
تتحرك نحوي.
in those three weeks,
خلال تلك الأسابيع الثلاثة،
that understood my aversions,
فهم سبب نفوري،
and I got the help I finally needed.
فحصلت في النهاية على المساعدة المطلوبة.
is that oftentimes,
a very complex inner life,
I have a very colorful personality,
أتمتع بشخصية نابضة بالحياة،
going on in my mind.
وهناك أشياء كثيرة تجول في عقلي.
between where that stands,
with the rest of the world.
basic communication a challenge.
due to my lack of social skills,
نظرًا لافتقاري للمهارات الاجتماعية.
في مطاعم وافل هاوس.
24-hour diner --
مفتوح 24 ساعة --
would dispose of a human corpse ...
من جثةٍ بشرية..
topped, capped, and covered.
ومغطاة.
at an ungodly hour in the night.
ساعة مجونٍ و لهوٍ في المساء.
with a waitress, and I asked her,
في الثانية ليلًا فسألتها:
that's happened to you on the job?"
a man walked in completely naked.
عاريًا تمامًا.
for the graveyard shift!"
"هذا رائع، فلتسجليني في نوبة المقبرة".
Waffle House did not hire me.
لم يوظفني.
it can be viewed as a disadvantage,
فقد يبدو الأمر كعقبة،
a real pain in the butt,
to think innovatively.
فهي تتيح لي التفكير بشكلٍ مبتكَر.
for my research on coral reefs,
في بحثٍ عن الشُعب المرجانية.
of Biological Diversity,
to graduate college,
أستعد للتخرج من الجامعة.
company called AutismSees.
تُسمى التوحُّد يرى ( AutismSees )
and years of pain and trauma.
وسنينَ من الصدمات والعذاب.
if there's a better way,
في طريقة مُثلى.
autism-assistive technology.
إنها التقنية المساعدة للتوحد.
could play an integral role
with autistic spectrum disorder,
باضطراب طيف التوحد
by my company, AutismSees,
شركة AutismSees " التوحد يرى"
and help develop communication skills.
في تطوير مهارات التواصل.
eye contact through camera
التواصل البصري عبر الكاميرا،
and job-interview experience.
و المقابلة الوظيفية.
Waffle House will hire me,
is that I've used Podium
استعملت تطبيق المنصة
and it's been a great help.
وقد كان ذلك مساعدًا جدًا.
that many innovative scientists,
and engineers have it;
قد أصيبوا به؛
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates
وإسحاق نيوتن و بيل غيتس
often can't be shared
are being overlooked every day,
كل يوم،
is to change that,
مع مصابي التوحد
that prevent them from succeeding.
and physical consequences.
that I create in my mind,
التي في عقلي
and Angelina is totally cool with it.
و أنجلينا جولي راضيةٌ تمامًا.
technology is bigger than that,
أكبر من هذا
with higher-functioning Asperger's
باضطراب طيف التوحد.
Temple Grandin, for example.
في البروفيسورة تمبل جراندين.
to share their talents with this world
مع هذا العالم
to pursue their dreams
للبحث عن أحلامهم
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alix Generous - AdvocateAlix Generous is a college student and biology researcher with Asperger syndrome. She stresses the importance of building accepting environments for all kinds of minds.
Why you should listen
Alix Generous has Asperger syndrome, but was misdiagnosed for years. A student and researcher who is passionate about molecular biology and neuroscience, she encourages people like her to share their intelligence and insights. She is a co-owner of the startup AutismSees, which develops technology tools to help all kinds of people give presentations.
At 19, Generous won first place in a nationwide competition for her work in quorum sensing and coral reefs. Her paper titled "Environmental Threats on the Symbiotic Relationship of Coral Reefs and Quorum Sensing," was published in Consilience. In November 2013, she was a youth delegate for the UN Convention of Climate Change (COP19), where she negotiated technology transfers and issues of medical importance. She has assisted neuroscience researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the University of Vermont.
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