samanthaswords: The power of a (false) story: how autism became a feared ‘epidemic’, ins
samanthaswords: The power of a (false) story: how autism became a feared ‘epidemic’, instead of a spectacular source of neurodiversity. It took a loving mother to uncover the truth and start the ball rolling to build awareness for non-mainstream ways of thinking. This is a superb TED talk for anyone who loves and celebrates the beauty of difference!Also, “If the CDC’s current estimate (is correct), that 1 in 68 kids in America are on the spectrum, then autistics are one of the largest minority groups in the world.” - Steve Silberman(Image1 : Galactic diversity can be seen in the Hubble Space Telescope’s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. At the centre of the region is a brilliant star cluster called NGC 346, where young stars energetically sculpt their space with vast plumes of gas.Image 2: Visual simulation of the human nervous system- unique, resilient and barely understood by science.) I have asperger’s. Life is good :) -- source link