Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's
Alix Generous: Kaip aš išmokau perteikti savo vidinį „aš“ su Aspergerio sindromu
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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su jumis apie sapnus.
spontaneously appear ...
vyrus pasirodyti savaime..
my personal statement to college
pareiškimą koledžui parašiau
instincts and language.
į instinktus ir kalbą.
test, and troubleshoot everything --
testuoti ir taisyti klaidas
in his mind, accurately.
kruopščiai savo mintyse.
to our species, anyway.
tik mūsų rūšiai.
beta versiją.
to hyper-focus on things that interest me.
susitelkti ties man įdomiais dalykais.
I had an affair with calculus
romaną su integraliniu skaičiavimu
than some celebrity marriages.
kai kurių įžymybių santuokos.
unusual things about me.
mano bruožų.
that I don't have much inflection
pastebėjote, kad mano balse
often confuse me with a GPS.
mane painioja su GPS.
a challenge, unless you need directions.
nebent jums reikia kelio nurodymų.
doing presentations,
pradėjau rengti pristatymus,
for the first time.
portretinių nuotraukų.
what she was talking about.
you know, with your eyes,
dėl ko slepiasi Jonas.
one is expected to display.
socialinius įgūdžius, kurių tikimasi.
I struggled to fit in socially.
sunkumų prisitaikyti prie kitų.
but I didn't understand them.
bet aš jų nesuprasdavau.
and Stephen Colbert --
George Carlin ir Stephen Colbert –
from being shy and awkward
buvimo drovia ir nerangia
bei juodai besikeikiančia.
I did not have many friends.
neturėjau daug draugų.
ypatingai jautri tekstūrai.
was like pins and needles,
kaip smeigtukai ir adatos, ir todėl
praustis po dušu.
is up to standards now, though.
režimas atitinka visus standartus.
and my parents --
ir mano tėvai –
when I was sexually assaulted by a peer,
bendraamžis, aš tapau nekontroliuojama,
it made a difficult situation worse.
situacija tapo dar blogesnė.
across the country to get treatment,
per šalį, kad gaučiau gydymą,
a new medication,
of the Walking Dead.
„Vaikštantys numirėliai“ epizodu.
and began to hallucinate
ir patyriau haliucinacijas,
were coming towards me.
slinko link manęs.
in those three weeks,
9 kilogramų per tas tris savaites,
stipri mažakraujystė,
that understood my aversions,
kuris suprato mano antipatijas,
and I got the help I finally needed.
ir aš gavau pagalbą kurios reikėjo.
is that oftentimes,
yra tas, kad dažnai tie
a very complex inner life,
sudėtingą vidinį gyvenimą,
I have a very colorful personality,
labai spalvinga asmenybė,
going on in my mind.
kas vyksta tiesiog mano galvoje.
between where that stands,
tarp to, ką galvoju
with the rest of the world.
likusiam pasauliui.
basic communication a challenge.
bendravimą paversti iššūkiu.
due to my lack of social skills,
mano socialinių įgūdžių trūkumo,
įsidarbinti „Waffle House“
24-hour diner --
visą parą veikianti užkandinė –
savo bulvinius blynus
would dispose of a human corpse ...
galima atsikratyti lavono...
topped, capped, and covered.
gabaliukais, uždengtais ir padengtais.
at an ungodly hour in the night.
tik naktį, nenormaliu laiku.
with a waitress, and I asked her,
plepėjau su padavėja, ir paklausiau jos:
that's happened to you on the job?"
yra jums nutikęs darbe?“
a man walked in completely naked.
įėjo visiškai nuogas vyras.
for the graveyard shift!"
mane į „kapų“ pamainą!
Waffle House did not hire me.
manęs nepasamdė.
it can be viewed as a disadvantage,
gali būti laikomas trūkumu,
a real pain in the butt,
to think innovatively.
man mąstyti inovatyviai.
for my research on coral reefs,
už mano koralų rifų tyrinėjimą,
of Biological Diversity,
to graduate college,
company called AutismSees.
kompanijos „AutismSees“ įkūrėjų.
padaryti, kad čia patekčiau:
and years of pain and trauma.
ir metų metai skausmo bei traumų.
if there's a better way,
ar yra geresnis būdas,
autism-assistive technology.
pagalbinė technologija autizmui.
could play an integral role
vaidinti svarbų
with autistic spectrum disorder,
su autistiško spektro sutrikimais,
by my company, AutismSees,
mano kompanijos „AutismSees“,
and help develop communication skills.
išlavinti bendravimo įgūdžius.
eye contact through camera
akių kontaktą su kamera
and job-interview experience.
viešai bei pokalbį dėl darbo.
Waffle House will hire me,
„Waffle House“ pasamdys mane
is that I've used Podium
kad aš naudojau „Podium“,
and it's been a great help.
ir tai man labai padėjo.
that many innovative scientists,
mokslininkų novatorių,
and engineers have it;
ir inžinierių tai turi,
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates
Ostin, Izaokas Niutonas ir Bilas Geitsas –
often can't be shared
dažnai negalima pasidalinti
are being overlooked every day,
kasdien lieka nepastebėti,
is to change that,
su autizmu yra tai pakeisti,
that prevent them from succeeding.
trukdo jiems atsiskleisti.
sapnavimą sąmoningai
and physical consequences.
socialiniais ir fiziniais padariniais.
that I create in my mind,
kuriuos sukuriu savo mintyse,
and Angelina is totally cool with it.
ir Andželina visiškai nieko prieš.
technology is bigger than that,
autizmui tikslas yra daug didesnis
with higher-functioning Asperger's
intelekto Aspergerio sindromu,
Temple Grandin, for example.
Temple Grandin, pavyzdžiui.
to share their talents with this world
pasidalinti jų talentu su šiuo pasauliu
to pursue their dreams
drąsos siekti savo svajonių,
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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