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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.30,0:00:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we examine 100 random teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.57,0:00:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would find that while\Nthey all look different,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.44,0:00:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their minds work in very similar ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.47,0:00:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One or two however, have minds \Nthat are atypical in a particular way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.09,0:00:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could be diagnosed with autism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.10,0:00:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This happens to boys four times as much,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.13,0:00:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps because diagnosing them is easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.09,0:00:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children and adults who are considered autistic \Nexperience the world differently
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.55,0:00:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were born with various \Ndegrees of neuroatypical traits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.95,0:00:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most autistic children have \Nmore refined senses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.32,0:00:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share a deep desire to bring \Nthe logic into their surroundings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.50,0:00:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some seek repetitive behaviors\Nthat follow specific patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.99,0:00:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many appear to be asocial\Nand avoid eye contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.16,0:01:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Autism is not a disease and\Ntherefore cannot be cured.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.97,0:01:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since all our brains are different \Nand there is an endless range
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.69,0:01:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of nuances in their architecture,\Nautism is defined as a spectrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.01,0:01:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side of the spectrum\Nis high-functioning autism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.82,0:01:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as Asperger syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.62,0:01:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These children are highly intelligent,\Nand have extreme abilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.59,0:01:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interest in specific areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.28,0:01:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the middle, are those with average\Nintelligence and some problems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.31,0:01:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning new things in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.94,0:01:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the far end of the spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.77,0:01:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are children with severe\Nlearning disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.47,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who may require \Nsupport in their daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.37,0:01:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo, a young boy,\Ncan help us understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.71,0:01:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how living with a \Nneurodivergent mind can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.64,0:01:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mum noticed early on that\Nher boy would avoid eye contact
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.77,0:01:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he would often become\Nupset if she hugged him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.14,0:01:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never returned smiles\Nand engaging him in play
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.74,0:02:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends often ended in a tantrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.34,0:02:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mother suspected something to be\Nwrong, when Timo still wasn’t speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.89,0:02:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than two or three words at a time\Neven after turning four years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.19,0:02:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sought help and Timo was diagnosed \Nwith autism spectrum disorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.01,0:02:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ASD for short.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.99,0:02:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo has an atypical perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.88,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When reading books or watching \Nmovies, Timo’s brain picks up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.76,0:02:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and organizes the information differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.96,0:02:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While his neurotypical peers\Ncategorise things and form schemas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.83,0:02:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, they identify everything\Nwith four legs that barks as a dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Timo, each type of dog is unique and \Ncategorised in Timo’s mind individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.75,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His attention to detail and inability\Nto generalize makes Timo more objective
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.08,0:02:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his perception of the world \Nand less prone to a framing bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.02,0:03:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, it also makes all sorts of\Nnew experiences incredibly complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.80,0:03:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why he loves to follow a rigid \Ndaily routine to limit his sensory input.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.57,0:03:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo is highly sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.76,0:03:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His brain amplifies whatever\Ninput it perceives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.47,0:03:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hears everything and \Nhas a heightened sense of touch.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.40,0:03:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, this superpower makes\Nsituations where many people speak
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.60,0:03:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously very challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.26,0:03:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo hears everyone, but understands nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.73,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sensitivity to touch makes \Neating an intense experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.00,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a texture or flavour is too much \Nto handle, Timo won’t eat it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also walking barefoot on wet grass\Nor playing in dirt overwhelms his brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.49,0:03:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has a fascination with logic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.23,0:03:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo naturally looks for patterns\Nthat bring logic into this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.17,0:04:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes he also tries\Nto bring order into his own
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.52,0:04:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behavior and ways \Nof moving his body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.27,0:04:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When structured patterns \Nare broken, he gets upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.33,0:04:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It freaks him out when someone counts\Nto 8 but doesn’t continue to 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.39,0:04:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctors call it an obsessive-compulsive\Ndisorder or OCD.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.09,0:04:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo experiences social disconnection.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.98,0:04:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has trouble connecting\Nwith others, because social settings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.98,0:04:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overwhelm his sensitivity \Nand desire for order.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.02,0:04:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because human emotions\Nare incredibly complex
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.07,0:04:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don’t follow a set \Npredictable pattern,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.82,0:04:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timo often finds himself \Nmisreading situations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.42,0:04:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and upsetting people around him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.02,0:04:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a consequence, he avoids\Npeople and rarely makes eye contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.39,0:04:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which doesn’t matter that much to him,\Nsince most of the things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.75,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people talk about, are illogical, \Nirrelevant, and boring anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.37,0:05:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 4 years, his mother had him\Ntreated by a therapist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.18,0:05:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would show him images of faces to help\Nhim learn to identify feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.49,0:05:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This meant he got better at \Nidentifying facial expressions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.52,0:05:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and corresponding\Nemotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.78,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, personally, he is still not \Nvery interested in reading faces,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or establishing new social contacts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.38,0:05:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has two friends who share the same\Ninterests and couldn’t wish for more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.22,0:05:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since Timo’s autism is not \Nan illness we can treat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.97,0:05:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather a different way of\Nhim experiencing the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.42,0:05:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question remains whether we\Nshould try to change him through therapy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.45,0:05:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or accept him for who he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.39,0:05:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you think?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.21,0:05:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we treat children with\Nautism with therapy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.27,0:05:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or celebrate them for who they are?\NOr perhaps do both?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.63,0:05:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it’s not their atypical\Nminds, but our stereotypical
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.93,0:06:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way of looking at them\Nthat needs correction?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.60,0:06:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get a three-dimensional glimpse\Nof how an autistic girl experiences
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