8. So how does it feel to be autistic when you are
overstimulated? It feels like: 20 cologne smells (all
people around you are wearing different things, etc.
Autistics smell all of it), like hundreds of kids
running around you asking you questions in
different languages, like you’re sitting in a chair that
is missing one leg and trying to balance it while all
that is going on, and lights flickering…too much,
hence why autistics have Meltdowns.
“
Kristina DesJardins
Author, Autist
9.
10.
11.
12.
13. WHATIS AUTISM?
• Qualitative impairment
in social interaction
and communication
• Restrictive and
repetitive behaviors.
34. I believe that genius in the 21st
century will be attributed to people
who are able to unplug from the
constant state of reactionary
workflow ... and allow their minds to
solve the great challenges of our era.
“
Scott Belsky
CEO, Behance
38. Human relationships are rich and they’re
messy and they’re demanding. And we
clean them up with technology.
And when we do, one of the things that
can happen is that we sacrifice
conversation for mere connection.
We short-change ourselves. And over
time, we seem to forget this, or we seem
to stop caring.
“
Sherry Turkle
Author, Professor - TED, February 2012
70. For too long, we've assumed that there
is a single template for human nature,
which is why we diagnose most
deviations as disorders. But the reality is
that there are many different kinds of
minds. And that's a very good thing.
“
Jonah Lehrer
Wall Street Journal, 3/31/12
71. I’ve learned that every human being, with or
without disabilities, needs to strive to do their
best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive
at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is
normal— so we can’t know for sure what your
“normal” is even like. But so long as we can
learn to love ourselves, I’m not sure how much it
matters whether we’re normal or autistic.
“
Naoki Higashida
The Reason I Jump
