Carina Morillo: To understand autism, don't look away
کارینا ماریو: برای درک اوتیسم، نگاهتان را ندزدید
Carina Morillo is an advocate for the social inclusion of people with autism. Full bio
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into an eye-contact coach.
چشم در چشم دوختن تبدیل کرد.
exists in images.
when he was two and a half.
دو سال و نیم داشت تشخیص داده شد.
or to anything we asked him,
از او میپرسیدیم واکنش نشان نمیداد،
زندگی به او درس بدهم؟
he would look at me,
دوست داشت، به من نگاه میکرد،
to working with him on those things,
با او بر اساس آن چیزها کردم،
eye-contact moments.
with his older sister, Alexia,
بازی کردن با او و خواهرش الکسیا میکردیم،
I could feel he was alive.
میتوانستم حس کنم که او زنده است.
in a swimming pool.
در استخر صرف میکردیم.
اشتیاق زیادی نشان میداد.
we'd go swimming.
بارانی هم ما به شنا میرفتیم.
and I took the wrong exit.
و من خروجی را اشتباه رفتم.
inconsolably, nonstop,
بی وقفه و تسلی ناپذیر سرداد،
that a two and a half year old
where I couldn't see anything,
که من هیچ چیزی نمیدیدم،
had an exceptional visual memory,
حافظه بصری ایوان فوق العاده است،
pictures of everything,
آنها را به ایوان نشان دادم.
روش ارتباط برقرار میکند
به همین روش نشان میدهد.
Ivan's eye contact that mattered.
با ایوان نبود که اهمیت داشت.
not only his autism,
مجاب کنم که تنها اوتیسم او را نبینند،
میتوانست به دیگران بدهد؛
و چیزهایی که دوست نداشت،
to give of myself.
و میگذاشتم برود،
in a neighborhood near our house.
نزدیک خانهمان رفت.
while I was waiting for him,
زمانی که منتظرش بودم،
with a little bit of everything.
از هر چیزی یک کمی داشت.
خوزه، صاحب مغازه، کردم.
to walk down the street by himself,
خودش به تنهایی در خیابان راه برود،
if Thursdays around 2pm,
پنج شنبهها حوالی ساعت ۲ بعد از ظهر
the water bottles on the shelves,
بطریهای آب به او کمک کند،
some chocolate cookies,
کمی کلوچه شکلاتی بخرد،
of water bottles
بطریهای آب کمک میکرد
lined up on the same side,
در یک جهت قرار میداد،
with his chocolate cookies.
شکلاتیاش از آنجا میرفت.
to look each other in the eye,
شدن با هم را داشته باشیم،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carina Morillo - Autism advocateCarina Morillo is an advocate for the social inclusion of people with autism.
Why you should listen
Carina Morillo is a founding member and president of Fundación Brincar, a non-profit organization in Argentina that has worked since 2010 for a better quality of life of people with autism and their families.
Morillo started Fundación Brincar -- inspired by her son Ivan, who is currently 16 years old and has autism -- because she strongly believes that although life with autism can be challenging, her family and others like it have the right to be happy. In spite of its high prevalence, most people still don't know what autism is about or how to help someone with autism. The foundation offers support services and training to families and professionals, community awareness programs and art and skills training for children, youth and adults on the autism spectrum. Brincar has trained more than 15,000 professionals and families, and it currently offers support services to more than 3,000 families throughout Argentina. The foundation's free virtual library monthly reaches 400,000 people per month throughout Latin America and Spain. Brincar is also founding member of the Argentina Network of Autism, and has become one of the leading autism references for both families, health professionals and teachers in Argentina and Latin America.
Morillo is actively working on the creation of an adult life platform for living with autism. Like many parents, her main concern is who will take care of her son during his adult life. Around one-third of people with autism remain nonverbal, and one-third have an intellectual disability, requiring 24/7 support throughout their life. Existing facilities and services in Argentina and Latin America are limited to school age, with no residence or occupation solutions for anyone older than 18.
Morillo has been awarded the 2016 US Ambassador in Argentina Entrepreneur Prize and the 2014 Argentine Solidarity Prize. In April 2017, Fundación Brincar was declared of Social Interest by the Congress of the City of Buenos Aires for its open community services. Morillo holds a BS in Business Administration degree of Babson College.
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