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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.68,0:00:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.35,0:00:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday afternoon, it was the first time\NI came to Bratislava, Slovakia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.74,0:00:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.83,0:00:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit I know much less\Nabout Bratislava than you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.66,0:00:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can still tell you something\Nabout Bratislava and Slovakia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.25,0:00:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know\Nwhat minorities are in Slovakia?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.53,0:00:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure you do.\NBut you may not know one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.72,0:00:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like elsewhere, also in Slovakia,\Nthere is a one-percent minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.17,0:00:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an invisible minority.\NIt's a minority of autistic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.32,0:00:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One percent, a person in one hundred.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.45,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means, maybe I am not alone in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.84,0:01:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.04,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does anyone else come from country\Nof "Autistan"? If I can call it like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.30,0:01:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody? Maybe that's the problem.\NThat nobody from "Autistan" is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.82,0:01:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many parents or future parents,\Nthe worst is to have a handicapped child.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.47,0:01:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone or almost everyone\Nwants to have a "healthy child".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.10,0:01:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A normal child.\NBut what does it mean "normal"?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.77,0:01:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been observing\Nvarious parents lately.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.62,0:01:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that parents\Nwho have so-called "normal child"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.18,0:01:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have the most problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.37,0:02:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.59,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really feel sorry for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.69,0:02:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.100,0:02:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know a psychologist,\Nand she visited me one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sensed she didn't feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.92,0:02:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I asked her what was wrong,\Nwhat was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.07,0:02:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She replied:\N"I made a list of all my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.78,0:02:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only two of them are normal."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.58,0:02:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.26,0:02:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I told her, "That's a good sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.54,0:02:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe you don't know\Nthe two of them so well."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.41,0:02:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.52,0:02:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must admit, for my parents\Nmy childhood was very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.26,0:03:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is still hard for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.79,0:03:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life began very very badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.40,0:03:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born on the same day and year\Nas Britney Spears.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.53,0:03:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not a good start.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.30,0:03:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.34,0:03:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, this is the only thing\NBritney and I have in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.12,0:03:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That proves you shouldn't give\Nmoney to astrology.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.02,0:03:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.13,0:03:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never mind, that was just a remark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.92,0:03:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life began badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.82,0:03:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to all the prognoses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.15,0:03:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't supposed to go to school\Nas normal children,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.66,0:04:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to a psychiatric hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.97,0:04:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, it didn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.78,0:04:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For various reasons,\NI could attend the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.17,0:04:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to school, more or less,\Nbut sometimes I spent more time at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.47,0:04:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One reason why I could go there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that my parents had perfect,\NI could say Soviet education.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.64,0:04:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they knew all about\Nthe Soviet psychiatry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.66,0:04:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you mention "psychiatry"\Nto my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.29,0:04:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think of the Soviet psychiatry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.52,0:04:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would never let their son\Ngo to such a psychiatric hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.19,0:04:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why my parents always refused\Nto put me in a psychiatric hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.43,0:04:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, I started attending school.\NThere were various problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.41,0:04:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you know, a person\Nwho doesn't know what to do in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.78,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who can't do anything better,\Nusually becomes a philosopher.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.89,0:05:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.04,0:05:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.44,0:05:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to admit that my troubles continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.11,0:05:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a year ago, American intelligence\Npublished a report which said
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.76,0:05:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the head of the Russian federation,\NVladimir Putin, is autistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.06,0:05:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some days I don't dare to go outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.28,0:05:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.91,0:05:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how it is in Slovakia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.47,0:05:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in France, the politicians often\Ncall each other autistic as an offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what will happen to me\Nif somebody confuses me with a politician?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.66,0:05:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, I find it very offending\Nto consider me a politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.10,0:05:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.34,0:06:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was able to learn some things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.11,0:06:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are still many things\NI cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.92,0:06:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I cannot tie a tie.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.70,0:06:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have troubles tying my shoe-laces.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.53,0:06:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you can have Ph.D.\Nin three-dimensional geometry
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.99,0:06:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be able to tie your shoe-laces.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.89,0:06:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know such people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.48,0:06:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who got Nobel prize,\Nbut they cannot say "Good morning".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.32,0:06:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's a social skill\Nthat is not natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.10,0:06:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be learnt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.97,0:06:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it is possible, gradually.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.43,0:06:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should try to make it possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.36,0:06:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have troubles that are even worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.56,0:06:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have troubles with talking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.82,0:06:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learnt to talk very late.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.73,0:07:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was six when I made the first sounds\Nthat my parents could understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.29,0:07:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only later, my autistic dialect\Nwas comprehensible for others, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.02,0:07:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I am in Slovakia,\NI have an advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.70,0:07:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I speak strangely,\Npeople think "he's speaking Czech".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.24,0:07:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.31,0:07:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have spent a weekend\Nin the Czech Republic few times.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.78,0:07:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I speak strangely there,\Npeople think it's because I am French.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.56,0:07:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.46,0:07:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in France it is the worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.40,0:07:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they think there?\NThey think I am Swiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.60,0:07:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.25,0:08:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is even worse in Belgium.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you ask why?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.35,0:08:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Belgium, there was a famous politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.41,0:08:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't mention his name,\Nhe has died recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.08,0:08:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this politician spoke\Nin the same way as me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.58,0:08:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why did he speak like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.98,0:08:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he was an alcoholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.91,0:08:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a heavy drinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.89,0:08:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why many people in Belgium think\Nthat I drink, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.62,0:08:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.03,0:08:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that,\Nwhen I get lost in Brussels,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.68,0:08:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't ask a policeman for directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.42,0:08:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would take me to the police station.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.97,0:08:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I have various problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.66,0:08:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you know what's the irony?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.50,0:08:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As someone\Nwho has troubles with talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.96,0:08:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who learnt to speak very late,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.02,0:08:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who has a strange\Ngeographically non-specific accent,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.90,0:09:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only job I ever have had\Nwas little job in a radio for over a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.21,0:09:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, life is ironic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.11,0:09:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.94,0:09:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last ten years,\NI have been something like an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.91,0:09:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go to cities and towns,\Nand I talk about autism.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.77,0:09:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also about non-autism\Nwhich is more serious form.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.14,0:09:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about handicap as such.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.71,0:09:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During these ten years,\NI had a chance to see a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.100,0:09:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have met many many people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.25,0:09:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten or fifteen years ago,\Nmy sister bought me a mobile phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.13,0:09:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never rang.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.21,0:10:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lucky, because I don't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.27,0:10:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, it seems there isn't\Nenough space for new contacts.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.30,0:10:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.15,0:10:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During those ten years,\NI met many non-autistic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.18,0:10:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw that they have problems,\Nlots of problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.79,0:10:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, as we heard this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.81,0:10:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some non-autistic people\Nhave big problems with infidelity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.27,0:10:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They solve such things for hours\Nor their entire life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.08,0:10:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other non-autistic people watch a film,\Nby the way, I have never watched it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.38,0:10:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a film about some shark,\Nand they think that sharks are dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.77,0:10:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only because of the film.\NI didn't watch it, so I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.73,0:10:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes even worse problems occur.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.04,0:11:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, I have met a French writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.26,0:11:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me her latest novel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.17,0:11:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read it,\Nalthough I usually don't read novels.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.37,0:11:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because why should one read\Nabout things that are not true?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.64,0:11:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.14,0:11:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I read the novel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.14,0:11:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.30,0:11:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really confused.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.43,0:11:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the woman in the book\Nhas a new problem on every page.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.03,0:11:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.44,0:11:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, on one page\Nshe talks about a party she went to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.49,0:11:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, I would like to know,\Nwhy non-autistic people go to parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.63,0:11:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems it is like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.62,0:11:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the woman was at a party yesterday,\Nand she said something to somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.87,0:12:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole chapter she is thinking\Nabout what that person thought about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.12,0:12:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.83,0:12:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.30,0:12:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next chapter,\Nshe says how she put a polo neck on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.57,0:12:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.24,0:12:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what could others think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.14,0:12:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would give this woman\Na little piece of advice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.74,0:12:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear writer, in order to have\Nbetter and calmer life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.55,0:12:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I advise you to become autistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.09,0:12:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.23,0:12:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.62,0:12:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would definitely help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.42,0:12:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have met all kinds of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.100,0:13:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people in this world are so strange
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.17,0:13:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if there was a film about their lives\NI think no one would believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.59,0:13:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone would think it's just\Nanother senseless Hollywood film.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.67,0:13:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I have a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.28,0:13:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who remembers everything\Nthat ever occurred to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.50,0:13:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything he did or heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.10,0:13:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He remembers the phone number\Nof a hotel in California
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.22,0:13:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he stayed 25 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.62,0:13:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows that on 11th January 1985\Nit was snowing until 11 pm.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.61,0:13:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He remembers the exact temperature\Nthat day in Bratislava and New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.41,0:13:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if share prices increased\Nor dropped that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.26,0:14:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have another friend,\Nmaybe you heard his name.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.16,0:14:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Daniel Tammet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.35,0:14:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is an Englishman\Nwho learnt Icelandic in less than a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.66,0:14:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.33,0:14:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.39,0:14:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.10,0:14:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always advise to my students,\Nespecially before exams,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.68,0:14:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study in an autistic manner\Nwhich is sometimes quite effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.96,0:14:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may sound ironic,\Nbut the truth is that people think
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.37,0:14:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that abnormal children, suppose autistic,\Nbelong to special schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.90,0:14:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In special schools,\Neverything is on lesser level.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.39,0:15:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn just the basics\Nto see if they can learn it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.57,0:15:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example one plus one,\Nnothing too difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.06,0:15:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But autistic children have maybe\Nthe same abilities as non-autistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.56,0:15:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe in some areas\Nthey are even smarter.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.40,0:15:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine you are a teacher,\Nand there is a Japanese boy in your class.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.52,0:15:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you speak Slovak with him\Nhe won't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.54,0:15:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it mean he is stupid?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.06,0:15:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it means\Nhe thinks in a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.70,0:15:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you explain the subject matter\Nin his way, he may understand everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.09,0:15:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He may even understand more\Nthan other "normal" children.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.99,0:15:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a curious experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.27,0:16:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During my first years\Nat elementary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.82,0:16:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of my classmates\Nwanted to sit next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.91,0:16:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't want to ruin their reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.70,0:16:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reputation is very important\Nfor non-autistic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.56,0:16:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, things changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.37,0:16:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 16 or 17, lots of my classmates\Nwanted to sit next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.57,0:16:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially before math exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.92,0:16:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't quite understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.41,0:16:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I will tell you one thing, a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.16,0:16:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the USA, there is a man\Ncalled Stephen Shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.58,0:17:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an autistic child,\NStephen Shore had lot of troubles.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.17,0:17:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a "tough nut".
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.16,0:17:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also tough it out, especially during\NChristmas when I eat a lot of chocolate.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.94,0:17:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was in 1970s,\Nand according to the experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.09,0:17:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little Stephen wasn't supposed to learn\Neven the easiest things.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.60,0:17:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents were advised to put him\Ninto a psychiatric hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.24,0:17:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forget about him and make another baby,\Nif I can say it like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.17,0:17:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Stephen is now an adult.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.58,0:17:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has done a lot\Nfor autism awareness in the USA.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.97,0:17:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephen is a professor\Nat Boston University, if I'm not wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.70,0:18:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2008, he came to Paris.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.33,0:18:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very nervous,\Nand I had little social skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.98,0:18:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of his lecture somebody asked:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.62,0:18:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear Sir, you are married.\NWhy don't you have any children?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.54,0:18:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite an indiscreet question, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.71,0:18:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephen replied with his unique\Nsense of humor and the only way he could:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.52,0:18:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My wife and I decided\Nthat we won't have children.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.10,0:18:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is a certain risk\Nthat our future child won't be autistic."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.87,0:18:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.63,0:18:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)