WEBVTT 00:00.600 --> 00:03.436 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% [calm droning music] 00:03.536 --> 00:05.238 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% - [Mary] It is a school 00:06.673 --> 00:10.510 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% designed to provide the regular school curriculum 00:10.610 --> 00:13.213 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to students on the autism spectrum. 00:13.313 --> 00:15.015 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% It's really strange, it was actually 00:15.115 --> 00:16.416 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% when I was in grad school. 00:16.516 --> 00:17.984 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% I had all these autistic behaviors 00:18.084 --> 00:19.452 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% and no one picked up on it. 00:19.552 --> 00:22.188 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% And then I was reading about it because it relates 00:22.288 --> 00:23.690 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% to emotional behavioral disorders. 00:23.790 --> 00:26.026 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% I was reading about it and there are so many things 00:26.126 --> 00:28.128 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I was reading about that made me shudder 00:28.228 --> 00:31.264 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% because it felt so familiar to me. 00:31.364 --> 00:32.799 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% A lot of mix of feelings, 00:32.899 --> 00:35.869 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% like one was kind of like that denial, but academic, 00:35.969 --> 00:40.373 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% like curious, like what? 00:40.473 --> 00:43.543 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% [calm droning music] 00:47.647 --> 00:50.350 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Isn't there a story where he tricks someone to marry him? 00:50.450 --> 00:51.818 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Like a really beautiful goddess? 00:51.918 --> 00:53.186 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Student] Yeah, he gets married to Aphrodite. 00:53.286 --> 00:55.422 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% - I heard that on a Neil Gaiman story. 00:56.523 --> 00:58.625 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Well, I've been teaching for a long time. 00:59.726 --> 01:00.927 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% So there's that. 01:01.027 --> 01:03.630 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I actually have had an easier time 01:03.730 --> 01:08.568 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% teaching a group of students with same disability as I 01:08.668 --> 01:12.272 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% because we almost have a mind lock 01:12.372 --> 01:15.308 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% like we're the Borg of Star Trek. 01:15.408 --> 01:19.245 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Now I'm showing my geekiness. That's very common. 01:19.345 --> 01:21.081 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% [students chattering] 01:21.181 --> 01:22.315 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% We actually have this thing 01:22.415 --> 01:24.384 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% at the school called follow the group plan, 01:24.484 --> 01:27.320 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% which is if a child is doing a behavior 01:27.420 --> 01:30.323 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% which doesn't fit the class, we say follow the group plan. 01:30.423 --> 01:32.392 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And we call it on a class as much as a group. 01:32.492 --> 01:35.662 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And the purpose is to teach the child to move toward 01:35.762 --> 01:38.298 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% independence and be able to work in a team 01:38.398 --> 01:41.634 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% so they can have successful employments. 01:41.734 --> 01:46.639 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Neurotypicals or non autistics should not have to feel 01:46.739 --> 01:49.309 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% like you have to walk on eggshells. 01:49.409 --> 01:51.444 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's a time and age now where a lot of people are 01:52.112 --> 01:54.747 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% coming out with all sorts of things about themselves. 01:54.848 --> 01:56.416 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Like I have anxiety, I have depression. 01:56.516 --> 01:58.251 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I'm LGBT, I'm this, I'm that. 01:58.351 --> 02:02.489 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And trying to figure it out and trying to say 02:02.589 --> 02:06.059 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% you should accommodate me for this, but you know what? 02:06.159 --> 02:08.495 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Like everybody's got something. 02:08.595 --> 02:13.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Or should it be like a monster of plastic surgery disasters. 02:13.233 --> 02:15.768 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I, like everybody, wanna have a job 02:15.869 --> 02:17.337 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and have meaningful life. 02:17.437 --> 02:18.905 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And I can't walk into a room and be like, 02:19.005 --> 02:20.673 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% "Y'all stop. I have autism." 02:23.009 --> 02:27.914 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I really believe that humans are social beings 02:28.014 --> 02:30.617 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and they naturally want other people. 02:30.717 --> 02:32.919 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And that's why I believe so many people with autism 02:33.019 --> 02:34.420 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% are depressed and anxious 02:34.521 --> 02:36.756 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because we're not getting that social interaction. 02:36.856 --> 02:38.725 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% We don't know how, we really want to. 02:39.993 --> 02:42.162 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I just have to do it, get over the shyness 02:42.262 --> 02:44.330 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and to know when to interject or just be around people 02:44.430 --> 02:45.999 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because it's such a huge thing.