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From the Ted Talk by Faith Jegede Cole: What I've learned from my autistic brothers

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Now, I cannot deny that there have been some challenging mntoems in my fmaliy, moments where I've wished that they were just like me. But I cast my mind back to the things that they've tuaght me about individuality and cnimootmiucan and love, and I realize that these are things that I wouldn't want to change with normality. Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us, and the fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong. It just means that there's a different kind of right. And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi and to Sam and to you, it would be that you don't have to be normal. You can be exdrtrorniaay. Because autistic or not, the differences that we have — We've got a gift! Everyone's got a gift inside of us, and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential. The cahcne for greatness, for progress and for change dies the mmneot we try to be like someone else.

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Now, I cannot deny that there have been some challenging _______ in my ______, moments where I've wished that they were just like me. But I cast my mind back to the things that they've ______ me about individuality and _____________ and love, and I realize that these are things that I wouldn't want to change with normality. Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us, and the fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong. It just means that there's a different kind of right. And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi and to Sam and to you, it would be that you don't have to be normal. You can be _____________. Because autistic or not, the differences that we have — We've got a gift! Everyone's got a gift inside of us, and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential. The ______ for greatness, for progress and for change dies the ______ we try to be like someone else.

Solution


  1. communication
  2. moment
  3. family
  4. extraordinary
  5. chance
  6. moments
  7. taught

Original Text


Now, I cannot deny that there have been some challenging moments in my family, moments where I've wished that they were just like me. But I cast my mind back to the things that they've taught me about individuality and communication and love, and I realize that these are things that I wouldn't want to change with normality. Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us, and the fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong. It just means that there's a different kind of right. And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi and to Sam and to you, it would be that you don't have to be normal. You can be extraordinary. Because autistic or not, the differences that we have — We've got a gift! Everyone's got a gift inside of us, and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential. The chance for greatness, for progress and for change dies the moment we try to be like someone else.

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Important Words


  1. autistic
  2. beauty
  3. cast
  4. challenging
  5. chance
  6. change
  7. communicate
  8. communication
  9. deny
  10. dies
  11. differences
  12. extraordinary
  13. fact
  14. family
  15. gift
  16. give
  17. greatness
  18. honesty
  19. individuality
  20. kind
  21. love
  22. means
  23. mind
  24. moment
  25. moments
  26. normal
  27. normality
  28. overlooks
  29. potential
  30. progress
  31. pursuit
  32. realize
  33. remi
  34. sacrifice
  35. sam
  36. taught
  37. ultimate
  38. wished
  39. wrong