Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's
Alix Generous: Cómo he aprendido a expresar mi yo interior mientras sufro de Asperger
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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de la nada hombres atractivos
spontaneously appear ...
leer y componer música.
my personal statement to college
de ingreso para la universidad
instincts and language.
más bien instintos y lenguaje.
probar y solucionar todo
test, and troubleshoot everything --
en su mente, en detalle.
in his mind, accurately.
to our species, anyway.
destinado a los de nuestra especie.
to hyper-focus on things that interest me.
de súper concentrarse
I had an affair with calculus
un romance con el cálculo
than some celebrity marriages.
de algunos famosos.
unusual things about me.
that I don't have much inflection
mi dicción no es muy buena
often confuse me with a GPS.
a menudo con un GPS.
puede volverse un reto
a challenge, unless you need directions.
doing presentations,
empecé a hablar en público,
for the first time.
una mirada provocativa.
lo que quería decir.
what she was talking about.
ya sabes, con los ojos,
you know, with your eyes,
con los chicos".
"¿Dónde está Wally?"
por la cual Wally se esconde.
one is expected to display.
básicas que se esperan de nosotros.
en muchos sentidos
I struggled to fit in socially.
para encajar socialmente.
but I didn't understand them.
pero yo no los entendía.
and Stephen Colbert --
y Stephen Colbert
el sentido del humor.
from being shy and awkward
y pasé de ser tímida y torpe
como un marinero.
I did not have many friends.
no tenía muchos amigos.
was like pins and needles,
una sensación de hormigueo
me negué a ducharme.
is up to standards now, though.
ha vuelto a los niveles normales.
and my parents --
hasta aquí y mis padres...
when I was sexually assaulted by a peer,
por un compañero,
it made a difficult situation worse.
ya difícil empeoró aún más.
across the country to get treatment,
el país para recibir tratamiento
a new medication,
me recetaran un nuevo medicamento,
episodio del Walking Dead.
of the Walking Dead.
and began to hallucinate
were coming towards me.
que se me acercaban.
in those three weeks,
9 kilos en esas tres semanas,
una anemia severa
that understood my aversions,
donde entendían mis aversiones,
por fin la ayuda que necesitaba.
and I got the help I finally needed.
is that oftentimes,
uno tiene Asperger es, que muchas veces,
a very complex inner life,
una vida interior muy compleja,
I have a very colorful personality,
tengo una personalidad muy exuberante
going on in my mind.
un montón de cosas en la cabeza.
entre donde ocurre todo esto
between where that stands,
with the rest of the world.
basic communication a challenge.
comunicación básica un desafío.
dispuestas a contratarme,
due to my lack of social skills,
habilidades sociales,
mi solicitud en Waffle House.
24-hour diner --
excepcional abierto las 24 horas
de las mismas numerosas maneras
would dispose of a human corpse ...
deshacer de un cadáver humano...
topped, capped, and covered.
recubiertas, rebozadas, o ahogadas.
at an ungodly hour in the night.
a horas intempestivas de la noche.
a las 2 de la mañana,
with a waitress, and I asked her,
camarera y le pregunto:
te ha pasado en el trabajo?"
that's happened to you on the job?"
a man walked in completely naked.
un hombre completamente desnudo.
for the graveyard shift!"
para el turno de la noche!"
Waffle House no me contrató.
Waffle House did not hire me.
it can be viewed as a disadvantage,
visto como una desventaja,
a real pain in the butt,
realmente desagradable
to think innovatively.
pensar de manera creativa.
for my research on coral reefs,
concurso de investigación
los arrecifes de coral,
la Diversidad Biológica de la ONU
of Biological Diversity,
to graduate college,
de terminar la universidad,
company called AutismSees.
de biotecnología llamada AutismSees.
hacer para llegar hasta aquí:
and years of pain and trauma.
y años de dolor y trauma.
if there's a better way,
si hay una forma mejor,
autism-assistive technology.
de apoyo para el autismo.
could play an integral role
desempeñar un papel fundamental
with autistic spectrum disorder,
del espectro autista, o TEA.
by my company, AutismSees,
por mi compañía AutismSees,
and help develop communication skills.
evaluaciones independientes
habilidades de comunicación.
eye contact through camera
contacto visual a través de una cámara
and job-interview experience.
o una entrevista de trabajo.
Waffle House will hire me,
Waffle House me contratará
más con esta aplicación.
is that I've used Podium
es que he usado Podium
and it's been a great help.
y eso me ha ayudado mucho.
Se puede hacer mucho más.
that many innovative scientists,
muchos científicos innovadores,
e ingenieros lo padecen,
and engineers have it;
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton y Bill Gates
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates
often can't be shared
compartir estas ideas brillantes
are being overlooked every day,
están siendo infravaloradas cada día
is to change that,
con autismo es cambiar eso,
que les impiden tener éxito.
that prevent them from succeeding.
me encanta soñar con los ojos abiertos
consecuencias sociales o físicas.
and physical consequences.
that I create in my mind,
que puedo crear en mi mente,
lo que quiero, ¿saben?
and Angelina is totally cool with it.
y a Angelina no le molesta.
technology is bigger than that,
de apoyo para el autismo
de la gente sobre el autismo
with higher-functioning Asperger's
formas avanzadas de Asperger
con lo que pueden contribuir.
a Temple Grandin, por ejemplo.
Temple Grandin, for example.
to share their talents with this world
compartir sus talentos con este mundo
a que persigan sus sueños
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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