Carina Morillo: To understand autism, don't look away
카리나 모릴료(Carina Morillo): 자폐증을 이해하려면, 눈을 마주치세요
Carina Morillo is an advocate for the social inclusion of people with autism. Full bio
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into an eye-contact coach.
말을 안 합니다.
exists in images.
when he was two and a half.
or to anything we asked him,
he would look at me,
to working with him on those things,
찾는 데 집중했습니다.
eye-contact moments.
with his older sister, Alexia,
술래잡기를 하곤 했습니다.
살아있다고 느꼈습니다.
I could feel he was alive.
in a swimming pool.
we'd go swimming.
and I took the wrong exit.
inconsolably, nonstop,
하염없이 울었습니다.
2살 반의 아이가
that a two and a half year old
where I couldn't see anything,
had an exceptional visual memory,
pictures of everything,
중요한 게 아니었죠.
Ivan's eye contact that mattered.
not only his autism,
to give of myself.
아이를 놓아줘야 했습니다.
in a neighborhood near our house.
while I was waiting for him,
with a little bit of everything.
평범한 가게였죠.
대화하게 되었습니다.
to walk down the street by himself,
if Thursdays around 2pm,
the water bottles on the shelves,
some chocolate cookies,
of water bottles
lined up on the same side,
with his chocolate cookies.
포용할 수 있습니다.
to look each other in the eye,
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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