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Empowering autistic children: Ajit Narayanan at TED2013Empowering autistic children: Ajit Narayanan at TED2013

Posted By Helen Walters

Hailing from the Talent Search salon in Bangalore, Ajit Narayanan is here to tell us about his work helping autistic children to communicate. One of the challenges that faces those working in this field: People with autism can sometimes find it difficult to understand abstraction or symbolism–and therefore they struggle with language. Much contemporary therapy involves the use […]

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A beautiful reflection on “normal”A beautiful reflection on “normal”

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

Faith Jegede would prefer that you not call her normal. In today’s powerful talk, given at the TED Talent Search London stop, Faith Jegede introduces you to her two brothers — Remy, 22, and Samuel, 16 — who are both autistic and extraordinary. “Remy’s speechless but he communicates joy in a way that some of […]