ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rosie King - Storytelling activist
Rosie King challenges stereotypes of people with autism and contextualizes the issue by asking us, “Why be normal?”

Why you should listen
When she was nine years old, doctors confirmed Rosie King’s self-diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. With two younger siblings severely affected by autism, Rosie had a burning desire to help make the world a more tolerant place for people with autism ever since she was a young girl. She found the opportunity to do so when her family was invited to do a local news segment on her mother’s children’s books, which featured Rosie’s illustrations. Her lack of inhibition made her a natural presenter, and she was asked to host BBC Newsround’s special program “My Autism and Me,” bringing her a much wider audience and an Emmy Kid’s Award. Rosie continues to raise awareness about autism, and is working towards her goal of becoming a professional actress and storyteller.
More profile about the speaker
Rosie King | Speaker | TED.com
TEDMED 2014

Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself

Rosie King: Si autizmi më dha lirinë të jem vetvetja

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"Njerëzit janë kaq të frikësuar nga të qënit i ndryshëm saqë ata përpiqen të përshtaten në një kuti të vogël me një emërtim të saktë," thotë 16-vjeçarja Rosie King, një vajzë e guximshme, e gjallë dhe autistike. Ajo dëshiron të dijë: Pse të gjithë janë aq të shqetësuar për të qenë normal? Ajo lëshon një kushtrim për çdo fëmijë, prind, mësues dhe person për të celebruar të qënit unik. Ky diskutim është një shembull i jashtëzakonshëm i potencialit të diversitetit të racës njerëzore.
- Storytelling activist
Rosie King challenges stereotypes of people with autism and contextualizes the issue by asking us, “Why be normal?” Full bio

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S'i kam treguar shumë njerëzve
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I haven't told many people this,
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but in my head, I've got
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por në kokën time, unë kam
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thousands of secret worlds all going on
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mijëra bota sekrete
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all at the same time.
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qe levizin në të njejtën kohë.
00:21
I am also autistic.
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Jam autiste po ashtu.
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People tend to diagnose autism
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Njerëzit tentojnë ta diagnostifikojnë
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with really specific
check-box descriptions,
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autizmin me përshkrime shume specifike
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but in reality, it's a whole
variation as to what we're like.
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por në realitet, është komplet ndryshe.
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For instance, my little brother,
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Për shembull, vëllai im i vogël,
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he's very severely autistic.
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ka autizem te theksuar.
00:35
He's nonverbal. He can't talk at all.
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Ai nuk flet. Ai nuk mundet te flase fare.
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But I love to talk.
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Por unë adhuroj të flas.
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People often associate autism
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Njerëzit shpesh asociojnë autismin
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with liking maths and
science and nothing else,
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me zotesine ne matematike, shkencë
dhe asgjë tjetër
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but I know so many autistic people
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por unë njoh shumë njerëz autist
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who love being creative.
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që adhurojnë të jenë kreativ.
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But that is a stereotype,
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Por ky është një stereotip,
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and the stereotypes of things
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dhe stereotipet e gjërave
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are often, if not always, wrong.
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shpesh, nëse jo gjithmone, janë gabim.
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For instance, a lot of people
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Për shembull, shumë njerëz
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think autism and think
"Rain Man" immediately.
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mendojnë autizmin dhe
i shkon mendja te "Rain Man"
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That's the common belief,
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Ky është mendimi i zakonshëm,
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that every single autistic
person is Dustin Hoffman,
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se cdo autist është Dustin Hoffman,
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and that's not true.
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dhe kjo nuk është e vërtetë.
01:12
But that's not just with
autistic people, either.
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Por kjo nuk është vetëm
me personat autist.
01:15
I've seen it with LGBTQ people,
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E kam parë këtë edhe per njerëzit LGBTQ
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with women, with POC people.
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për femrat, për njerëzit me ngjyre.
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People are so afraid of variety
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Njerëzit janë të frikuar nga variacioni
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that they try to fit everything
into a tiny little box
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saqë mundohen të fusin cdo gjë
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with really specific labels.
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në një kuti të vogël me etiketa specifike.
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This is something that actually
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Kjo është diçka që aktualisht
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happened to me in real life:
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më ka ndodhur në jetë:
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I googled "autistic people are ..."
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Kërkova në google "autistët janë .."
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and it comes up with suggestions
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dhe u shfaqën sugjerimet
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as to what you're going to type.
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ashtu siç deshe të shkruash.
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I googled "autistic people are ..."
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Kërkova në Google "autistët janë.."
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and the top result was "demons."
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dhe rezultati i parë ishte "demonë".
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That is the first thing that people think
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Kjo është gjëja e parë
që njerëzit mendojne
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when they think autism.
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kur mendojnë autizmin.
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They know.
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Ata e dijnë.
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(Laughter)
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(të qeshura)
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One of the things I can do
because I'm autistic —
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Një nga gjërat që mund të bëj si autiste
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it's an ability rather than a disability —
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është më shumë aftësi, sesa paaftësi
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is I've got a very, very vivid imagination.
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Kam një imagjinatë shumë, shumë të ndezur.
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Let me explain it to you a bit.
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Më lejoni t'ua shpjegoj pak.
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It's like I'm walking in two
worlds most of the time.
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Është sikur të ecësh në dy bote
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There's the real world,
the world that we all share,
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Është bota reale, të cilën gjithë e ndajmë
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and there's the world in my mind,
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dhe bota në mendjen time,
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and the world in my mind
is often so much more real
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dhe kjo është zakonisht shumë më reale,
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than the real world.
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sesa bota e vërtetë.
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Like, it's very easy for
me to let my mind loose
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Është e lehtë ta lë mendjen të humbase
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because I don't try and fit
myself into a tiny little box.
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sepse nuk provoj ta fus në kuti të vogël.
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That's one of the best
things about being autistic.
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Kjo është nga gjërat më të mira si autist.
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You don't have the urge to do that.
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Se ke nevojën ta bësh atë.
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You find what you want to do,
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Gjen çfarë dëshiron të bësh,
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you find a way to do it,
and you get on with it.
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gjen mënyrën ta bësh, dhe e bën.
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If I was trying to fit myself into a box,
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Në qoftë se kisha provuar ta fus veten në
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I wouldn't be here, I
wouldn't have achieved
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një kuti, nuk do isha këtu. Nuk do të
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half the things that I have now.
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arrija gjysmën e gjërave që kam tani.
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There are problems, though.
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Mirëpo, ka edhe probleme,
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There are problems with being autistic,
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Ka disa probleme kur je autist,
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and there are problems with
having too much imagination.
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posedimi i imagjinatës të tepërt.
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School can be a problem in general,
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Shkolla mund të jetë problem në përgjithsi
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but having also to explain to a teacher
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por t'ia shpjegosh profit cdo ditë
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on a daily basis
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cdo ditë ..
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that their lesson is inexplicably dull
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se mesimi i tyre është
jashtzkonisht i mërzitshëm
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and you are secretly taking refuge
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dhe se ti sekretisht po fshihesh,
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in a world inside your head in
which you are not in that lesson,
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në botën brenda mendjes tënde, për atë
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that adds to your list of problems.
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kjo shtohet tek lista e problemeve.
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(Laughter)
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(të qeshura)
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Also, when my imagination takes hold,
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Gjithashtu, kur imagjinata ime ndodh,
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my body takes on a life of its own.
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trupi im merr një jetë të tij.
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When something very exciting
happens in my inner world,
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Kur dicka emocionuese ndodh në botën time,
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I've just got to run.
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Unë vetëm duhet të vrapoj.
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I've got to rock backwards and forwards,
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Duhet të kthehem mbrapa dhe para,
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or sometimes scream.
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ose nganjëherë të bërtas.
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This gives me so much energy,
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Kjo më jep shumë energji,
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and I've got to have an
outlet for all that energy.
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dhe më duhet ta shkarkoj
gjithë atë energji.
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But I've done that ever
since I was a child,
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E kam bërë këtë qysh si fëmijë.
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ever since I was a tiny little girl.
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qysh kur kam qenë vajzë e vogël,
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And my parents thought it was
cute, so they didn't bring it up,
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Prindërit mendonin se është e lezetshme,
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but when I got into school,
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por kur hyra në shkollë
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they didn't really agree that it was cute.
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nuk u pajtuan se kjo është e lezetshme.
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It can be that people
don't want to be friends
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Njerëzit nuk donin të shoqëroheshin me
03:44
with the girl that starts
screaming in an algebra lesson.
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vajzën që fillon të bërtasë në algjebër.
03:47
And this doesn't normally
happen in this day and age,
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Dhe kjo nuk ndodh në këtë moshë, kto ditë,
por mund të jetë se njerëzit
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but it can be that people don't want
to be friends with the autistic girl.
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nuk duan të shoqerohen
me këdo që s'u përshtatet.
03:55
It can be that people
don't want to associate
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e ta etiketojne si diçka normale.
Por kjo është në rregull për mua,
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with anyone who won't
or can't fit themselves
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sepse zgjedh grurin nga kashta,
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into a box that's labeled normal.
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dhe i dalloj cilët njerëz janë të vërtetë.
04:04
But that's fine with me,
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dhe mund ti zgjedh si shokë.
04:06
because it sorts the wheat from the chaff,
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Por nëqoftëse e mendon, çfarë është normale?
04:08
and I can find which people
are genuine and true
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çfarë do të thotë?
04:11
and I can pick these people as my friends.
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Imagjino sikur të ishte komplimenti më i
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But if you think about it, what is normal?
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mirë që ke marre. "Wow, ti je normale"
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What does it mean?
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(të qeshura)
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Imagine if that was the best
compliment you ever received.
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Por komplimentet janë,
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"Wow, you are really normal."
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"Ti je ekstra-ordinere"
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(Laughter)
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ose "ti je shumë përpara"
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But compliments are,
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është "Ti je e mrekullueshme"
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"you are extraordinary"
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Në qoftë se njerëzit duan të
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or "you step outside the box."
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jenë këto, pse luftojnë të jenë normal?
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It's "you're amazing."
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Pse fusin dritën individuale në myk?
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So if people want to be these things,
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Pse frikësohen dhe detyrojnë
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why are so many people
striving to be normal?
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edhe njerezit qe s'munden, të jenë normal.
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Why are people pouring their
brilliant individual light into a mold?
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Ka kampe për njerëzit me LGBTQ ose autist
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People are so afraid of variety
that they try and force everyone,
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që ti detyrojnë që ata të bëhen "normale"
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even people who don't want
to or can't, to become normal.
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kjo është tmerr të ndodhe në këtë kohë.
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There are camps for LGBTQ people
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Nuk do ta ndërroja autizmin tim me botën.
04:54
or autistic people to try and
make them this "normal,"
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Sepse jam autiste,
04:58
and that's terrifying that people
would do that in this day and age.
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Kam prezantuar dokumentar në BBC,
05:02
All in all, I wouldn't trade my autism
and my imagination for the world.
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jam duke shkruar një libër,
05:07
Because I am autistic,
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Jam duke e bërë këtë -është fantastike-
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I've presented documentaries to the BBC,
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dhe një nga gjërat më të mira që
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I'm in the midst of writing a book,
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konsideroj se kam arritur,
05:14
I'm doing this — this is fantastic —
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është se kam gjetur rrugë komunikuese
05:16
and one of the best
things that I've achieved,
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me vëllain tim dhe motrën,
05:19
that I consider to have achieved,
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që siç thash janë jo-verbal.
Ata nuk flasin.
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is I've found ways of communicating
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Dhe njerëzit shkruajnë
për dikë që s'flet,
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with my little brother and sister,
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kjo është marrëzi,
vellai dhe motra ime
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who as I've said are nonverbal.
They can't speak.
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janë ata që ti do dëshiroje.
05:29
And people would often write
off someone who's nonverbal,
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Ata janë më t'mirët.
I dua aq shumë dhe kujdesem
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but that's silly, because
my little brother and sister
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për ta më shumë se gjithshka tjetër.
05:35
are the best siblings that
you could ever hope for.
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Do ju lë me një pyetje:
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They're just the best,
and I love them so much
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Qoftë se n'mendjen e një personi nuk
mund t'hyjmë
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and I care about them
more than anything else.
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pa marrur parasysh a janë autist apo jo,
05:43
I'm going to leave you with one question:
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Në vend se të dënojmë dicka
jashtë normales,
05:46
If we can't get inside the person's minds,
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pse nuk gëzohemi me uniken
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no matter if they're autistic or not,
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dhe të buzëqeshim sa here që
dikush lëshon imagjinatën e tij?
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instead of punishing anything
that strays from normal,
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Faleminderit.
05:54
why not celebrate uniqueness
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(Duartrokitje)
05:56
and cheer every time someone
unleashes their imagination?
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06:00
Thank you.
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(Applause)
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Translated by Redon Selimi
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rosie King - Storytelling activist
Rosie King challenges stereotypes of people with autism and contextualizes the issue by asking us, “Why be normal?”

Why you should listen
When she was nine years old, doctors confirmed Rosie King’s self-diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. With two younger siblings severely affected by autism, Rosie had a burning desire to help make the world a more tolerant place for people with autism ever since she was a young girl. She found the opportunity to do so when her family was invited to do a local news segment on her mother’s children’s books, which featured Rosie’s illustrations. Her lack of inhibition made her a natural presenter, and she was asked to host BBC Newsround’s special program “My Autism and Me,” bringing her a much wider audience and an Emmy Kid’s Award. Rosie continues to raise awareness about autism, and is working towards her goal of becoming a professional actress and storyteller.
More profile about the speaker
Rosie King | Speaker | TED.com

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