full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But that's not just with autistic people, either. I've seen it with LGBTQ pploee, with women, with POC people. People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with really specific labels. This is something that actually happened to me in real life: I googled "autistic people are ..." and it comes up with sntegsuiogs as to what you're going to type. I googled "autistic people are ..." and the top result was "demons." That is the first thing that people think when they think autism. They know. (luhgtear)

One of the things I can do because I'm atuiistc — it's an ability rather than a disability — is I've got a very, very vivid imagination. Let me explain it to you a bit. It's like I'm walking in two worlds most of the time. There's the real wlord, the world that we all sahre, and there's the world in my mind, and the world in my mind is often so much more real than the real world. Like, it's very easy for me to let my mind lsooe because I don't try and fit myself into a tiny little box. That's one of the best things about being autistic. You don't have the urge to do that. You find what you want to do, you find a way to do it, and you get on with it. If I was trying to fit myself into a box, I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have achieved half the things that I have now. There are prmbleos, though. There are problems with being autistic, and there are problems with having too much imagination. School can be a problem in general, but having also to explain to a teacher on a daily baiss that their lesson is inexplicably dull and you are secretly taking refuge in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson, that adds to your list of problems. (Laughter) Also, when my imagination takes hold, my body teaks on a life of its own. When something very exciting happens in my inner world, I've just got to run. I've got to rock backwards and forwards, or sometimes saercm. This gives me so much energy, and I've got to have an outlet for all that egenry. But I've done that ever since I was a clhid, ever since I was a tiny little girl. And my ptnears thought it was cute, so they didn't bring it up, but when I got into school, they didn't really agere that it was cute. It can be that people don't want to be friends with the girl that starts snimecarg in an algebra lesson. And this doesn't normally happen in this day and age, but it can be that people don't want to be friends with the autistic girl. It can be that people don't want to associate with anyone who won't or can't fit themselves into a box that's labeled normal. But that's fine with me, because it sorts the wheat from the chaff, and I can find which people are genuine and true and I can pick these people as my friends.

Open Cloze


But that's not just with autistic people, either. I've seen it with LGBTQ ______, with women, with POC people. People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with really specific labels. This is something that actually happened to me in real life: I googled "autistic people are ..." and it comes up with ___________ as to what you're going to type. I googled "autistic people are ..." and the top result was "demons." That is the first thing that people think when they think autism. They know. (________)

One of the things I can do because I'm ________ — it's an ability rather than a disability — is I've got a very, very vivid imagination. Let me explain it to you a bit. It's like I'm walking in two worlds most of the time. There's the real _____, the world that we all _____, and there's the world in my mind, and the world in my mind is often so much more real than the real world. Like, it's very easy for me to let my mind _____ because I don't try and fit myself into a tiny little box. That's one of the best things about being autistic. You don't have the urge to do that. You find what you want to do, you find a way to do it, and you get on with it. If I was trying to fit myself into a box, I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have achieved half the things that I have now. There are ________, though. There are problems with being autistic, and there are problems with having too much imagination. School can be a problem in general, but having also to explain to a teacher on a daily _____ that their lesson is inexplicably dull and you are secretly taking refuge in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson, that adds to your list of problems. (Laughter) Also, when my imagination takes hold, my body _____ on a life of its own. When something very exciting happens in my inner world, I've just got to run. I've got to rock backwards and forwards, or sometimes ______. This gives me so much energy, and I've got to have an outlet for all that ______. But I've done that ever since I was a _____, ever since I was a tiny little girl. And my _______ thought it was cute, so they didn't bring it up, but when I got into school, they didn't really _____ that it was cute. It can be that people don't want to be friends with the girl that starts _________ in an algebra lesson. And this doesn't normally happen in this day and age, but it can be that people don't want to be friends with the autistic girl. It can be that people don't want to associate with anyone who won't or can't fit themselves into a box that's labeled normal. But that's fine with me, because it sorts the wheat from the chaff, and I can find which people are genuine and true and I can pick these people as my friends.

Solution


  1. parents
  2. child
  3. loose
  4. autistic
  5. screaming
  6. people
  7. suggestions
  8. problems
  9. world
  10. laughter
  11. agree
  12. energy
  13. scream
  14. share
  15. basis
  16. takes

Original Text


But that's not just with autistic people, either. I've seen it with LGBTQ people, with women, with POC people. People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with really specific labels. This is something that actually happened to me in real life: I googled "autistic people are ..." and it comes up with suggestions as to what you're going to type. I googled "autistic people are ..." and the top result was "demons." That is the first thing that people think when they think autism. They know. (Laughter)

One of the things I can do because I'm autistic — it's an ability rather than a disability — is I've got a very, very vivid imagination. Let me explain it to you a bit. It's like I'm walking in two worlds most of the time. There's the real world, the world that we all share, and there's the world in my mind, and the world in my mind is often so much more real than the real world. Like, it's very easy for me to let my mind loose because I don't try and fit myself into a tiny little box. That's one of the best things about being autistic. You don't have the urge to do that. You find what you want to do, you find a way to do it, and you get on with it. If I was trying to fit myself into a box, I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have achieved half the things that I have now. There are problems, though. There are problems with being autistic, and there are problems with having too much imagination. School can be a problem in general, but having also to explain to a teacher on a daily basis that their lesson is inexplicably dull and you are secretly taking refuge in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson, that adds to your list of problems. (Laughter) Also, when my imagination takes hold, my body takes on a life of its own. When something very exciting happens in my inner world, I've just got to run. I've got to rock backwards and forwards, or sometimes scream. This gives me so much energy, and I've got to have an outlet for all that energy. But I've done that ever since I was a child, ever since I was a tiny little girl. And my parents thought it was cute, so they didn't bring it up, but when I got into school, they didn't really agree that it was cute. It can be that people don't want to be friends with the girl that starts screaming in an algebra lesson. And this doesn't normally happen in this day and age, but it can be that people don't want to be friends with the autistic girl. It can be that people don't want to associate with anyone who won't or can't fit themselves into a box that's labeled normal. But that's fine with me, because it sorts the wheat from the chaff, and I can find which people are genuine and true and I can pick these people as my friends.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
autistic people 3


Important Words


  1. ability
  2. achieved
  3. adds
  4. afraid
  5. age
  6. agree
  7. algebra
  8. associate
  9. autism
  10. autistic
  11. basis
  12. bit
  13. body
  14. box
  15. bring
  16. chaff
  17. child
  18. cute
  19. daily
  20. day
  21. disability
  22. dull
  23. easy
  24. energy
  25. exciting
  26. explain
  27. find
  28. fine
  29. fit
  30. forwards
  31. friends
  32. general
  33. genuine
  34. girl
  35. googled
  36. happen
  37. happened
  38. head
  39. hold
  40. imagination
  41. inexplicably
  42. labeled
  43. labels
  44. laughter
  45. lesson
  46. lgbtq
  47. life
  48. list
  49. loose
  50. mind
  51. normal
  52. outlet
  53. parents
  54. people
  55. pick
  56. poc
  57. problem
  58. problems
  59. real
  60. refuge
  61. result
  62. rock
  63. run
  64. school
  65. scream
  66. screaming
  67. secretly
  68. share
  69. sorts
  70. specific
  71. starts
  72. suggestions
  73. takes
  74. teacher
  75. thought
  76. time
  77. tiny
  78. top
  79. true
  80. type
  81. urge
  82. variety
  83. vivid
  84. walking
  85. wheat
  86. women
  87. world
  88. worlds