Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's
アリックス・ジェネラス: アスペルガー症候群である自分の内面との会話をどのように学んだのか
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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そして自分の人生を
spontaneously appear ...
my personal statement to college
大学に提出する身上書を
instincts and language.
直感や言語のようなものです
設計、テスト、修理することができました
test, and troubleshoot everything --
頭の中で行われたのです
in his mind, accurately.
to our species, anyway.
言語から締め出されています
to hyper-focus on things that interest me.
とことん突き詰める能力があります
I had an affair with calculus
有名人の結婚生活よりも長く続くのです
than some celebrity marriages.
unusual things about me.
普通と違うところがあります
that I don't have much inflection
often confuse me with a GPS.
a challenge, unless you need directions.
普通の会話は苦手です
doing presentations,
for the first time.
「思わせぶりに」と言うのです
分からなかったら
what she was talking about.
you know, with your eyes,
探しているように見えました
基本的社会能力に問題があります
one is expected to display.
世渡りが難しく
社会的適合に苦労しました
I struggled to fit in socially.
私は理解できませんでした
but I didn't understand them.
and Stephen Colbert --
ジョージ・カーリンやスティーヴン・コルベアで
from being shy and awkward
I did not have many friends.
was like pins and needles,
チクチクするような感じだったので
シャワーを使いませんでした
is up to standards now, though.
今は普通に清潔です
and my parents --
両親は―
自分ではどうしようもなくなり
when I was sexually assaulted by a peer,
さらに悪化していったのです
it made a difficult situation worse.
across the country to get treatment,
3,000キロほども国内を渡り歩きました
a new medication,
そのものでした
of the Walking Dead.
and began to hallucinate
腐った死体が自分の方に
幻覚を見るようになりました
were coming towards me.
私を救い出してくれたときには
in those three weeks,
that understood my aversions,
理解してくれる
そこでは治療方法が確立されており
必要な支援が受けられました
and I got the help I finally needed.
始めました
is that oftentimes,
1つとして しばしば
あげられます
a very complex inner life,
I have a very colorful personality,
様々なことを考えています
going on in my mind.
他の人々との
between where that stands,
ギャップがあり
with the rest of the world.
basic communication a challenge.
難しくしているのです
due to my lack of social skills,
雇ってくれる職場も少ないので
応募してみました
24-hour diner --
24時間営業レストランです
様々な方法があるものですね
would dispose of a human corpse ...
胡椒を振りかけ覆うのです
topped, capped, and covered.
ワッフル・ハウスに行くのがいいです
at an ungodly hour in the night.
おしゃべりをした時
with a waitress, and I asked her,
と聞くと
that's happened to you on the job?"
a man walked in completely naked.
と答えたので
for the graveyard shift!"
と私は言いました
雇われませんでした
Waffle House did not hire me.
it can be viewed as a disadvantage,
デメリットとして見られます
イライラすることもありますが
a real pain in the butt,
革新的な考え方ができるのです
to think innovatively.
for my research on coral reefs,
研究コンペで優勝し
国連決議の場において
of Biological Diversity,
大学卒業見込みであり
to graduate college,
バイオテック企業の共同創設者です
company called AutismSees.
考えてみてください
長年に渡る苦痛とトラウマ
and years of pain and trauma.
if there's a better way,
ずっと考え
辿り着きました
autism-assistive technology.
could play an integral role
略してASDの患者を
with autistic spectrum disorder,
by my company, AutismSees,
Podiumというアプリを公開しました
支援するアプリです
and help develop communication skills.
eye contact through camera
カメラで視線を追跡できるので
仕事での面接の手助けになります
and job-interview experience.
Waffle House will hire me,
かもしれません
is that I've used Podium
一助となったことですが
and it's been a great help.
アーティストや技術者が
that many innovative scientists,
and engineers have it;
ジェーン・オースティンやアイザック・ニュートン
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates
often can't be shared
are being overlooked every day,
良い点に気がず
is to change that,
成功を阻む障害を克服することです
that prevent them from succeeding.
伴わないからです
and physical consequences.
that I create in my mind,
なれるのです
アンジェリーナは気にしません
and Angelina is totally cool with it.
technology is bigger than that,
それよりも大きく
自閉症やアスペリガー症候群に対する
with higher-functioning Asperger's
Temple Grandin, for example.
to share their talents with this world
リアルタイムに
to pursue their dreams
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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