Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's
Alix Generous: Cum am învățat să-mi comunic trăirile cu 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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să scoți flăcări pe nas
spontaneously appear ...
bărbați excitanți...
my personal statement to college
declarația personală pentru facultate
instincts and language.
sunt mai mult instincte și limbaj.
test, and troubleshoot everything --
testa și repara orice –
in his mind, accurately.
în minte, precis.
to our species, anyway.
rezervat exclusiv speciei noastre.
a Google Translate.
to hyper-focus on things that interest me.
intens pe chestii ce mă interesează.
I had an affair with calculus
am avut o relație cu un calcul
than some celebrity marriages.
decât căsniciile unor vedete.
unusual things about me.
that I don't have much inflection
că nu prea am inflexiuni
often confuse me with a GPS.
lumea mă confundă cu un GPS.
a challenge, unless you need directions.
doar dacă nu ai nevoie de direcționări.
doing presentations,
cât am început să fac prezentări,
for the first time.
pentru prima dată.
what she was talking about.
you know, with your eyes,
știi tu, cu ochii,
pentru care Waldo se ascunde.
one is expected to display.
sociale de bază.
I struggled to fit in socially.
să mă integrez social.
but I didn't understand them.
eu nu le înțelegeam.
and Stephen Colbert --
și Stephen Colbert –
from being shy and awkward
din timidă și stângace
I did not have many friends.
was like pins and needles,
is up to standards now, though.
igiena mea e în standarde.
and my parents --
și părinții mei –
when I was sexually assaulted by a peer,
când am fost abuzată sexual de un coleg
it made a difficult situation worse.
situația deja dificilă.
across the country to get treatment,
prin țară pentru a mă trata,
a new medication,
noul medicament pe care mi l-au prescris,
of the Walking Dead.
din „The Walking Dead”.
and began to hallucinate
și aveam halucinații
were coming towards me.
care veneau spre mine.
in those three weeks,
8,6 kg în trei săptămâni,
that understood my aversions,
care îmi înțelegea repulsia,
and I got the help I finally needed.
și am primit în final ajutorul necesar.
is that oftentimes,
cu Asperger este că adesea
a very complex inner life,
I have a very colorful personality,
o personalitate colorată,
going on in my mind.
îmi trec prin minte.
between where that stands,
with the rest of the world.
basic communication a challenge.
comunicarea de bază.
due to my lack of social skills,
din cauza lipsei de competențe sociale,
24-hour diner --
non-stop excepțional...
would dispose of a human corpse ...
te-ai descotorosi de un cadavru...
topped, capped, and covered.
glazurați, sfărâmați și acoperiți.
at an ungodly hour in the night.
numai la ore târzii din noapte.
with a waitress, and I asked her,
cu o chelneriță și am întrebat-o:
that's happened to you on the job?"
care ți s-a întâmplat la serviciu?”
a man walked in completely naked.
a intrat în local gol pușcă.
for the graveyard shift!"
Înscrie-mă la schimbul de cimitir!”
Waffle House did not hire me.
că Waffle House nu m-a angajat.
it can be viewed as a disadvantage,
un dezavantaj,
a real pain in the butt,
to think innovatively.
for my research on coral reefs,
cu cercetarea asupra recifurilor de corali
of Biological Diversity,
despre Diversitate Biologică,
to graduate college,
de absolvirea facultății
company called AutismSees.
biotehnologice AutismSees.
să ajung aici:
and years of pain and trauma.
ani întregi de durere și traumă.
if there's a better way,
dacă există o cale mai bună,
autism-assistive technology.
tehnologia de asistență pentru autism.
could play an integral role
with autistic spectrum disorder,
cu tulburare din spectrul autist,
by my company, AutismSees,
de firma mea AutismSees,
and help develop communication skills.
dezvolatarea competențelor de comunicare.
eye contact through camera
prin camera foto-video
and job-interview experience.
sau a vorbitului în public.
Waffle House will hire me,
Waffle House mă va angaja,
is that I've used Podium
m-am pregătit cu Podium
and it's been a great help.
that many innovative scientists,
and engineers have it;
inovatori au TSA;
Jane Austen, Isaac Newton, and Bill Gates
Isaac Newton și Bill Gates
often can't be shared
nu pot fi împărtășite
are being overlooked every day,
trec neobservate zi de zi
is to change that,
persoanelor cu autism,
that prevent them from succeeding.
care le împiedică să reușească.
visurile lucide
and physical consequences.
that I create in my mind,
pe care le creez în minte,
and Angelina is totally cool with it.
și Angelina e ok cu asta.
technology is bigger than that,
a autismului e încă și mai mare
perspectiva oamenilor
with higher-functioning Asperger's
cu Asperger înalt-funcțional,
Temple Grandin, for example.
de exemplu.
to share their talents with this world
talentele cu restul lumii
to pursue their dreams
să își urmeze visurile
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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