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02 Nov 2012, 10:15 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZAi7DlVN2g[/youtube]I wanted to share this with the WP community.



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02 Nov 2012, 11:26 pm

I've watched the video and I agree with everything that the woman said. I think that the world needs more people like her and the world needs to listen to more people like her. I also like her stance on autism, because I have a lot of the same opinions. That's a cool video. Thank you for sharing it. 8)


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02 Nov 2012, 11:34 pm

This is a wonderful speech.

On a different respect, it reminds me that we have to get out that we are NOT a disorder. We're a different order, a different structure than neurotypicals. Of course, that's not normal, but it's no more a "disorder" than it is being gay. It's one of the various "cards in the deck" of human nature we're given in our lives.



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03 Nov 2012, 12:15 am

Wow.

Now if only I had the courage to say that to people in my own life.