Faith Jegede: What I've learned from my autistic brothers | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Rosa M Salas Reviewer: Núria Núñez

Today I have just one request.

Avui només us vull demanar una cosa.

Please don't tell me I'm normal.

Si us plau, no em digueu que sóc normal.

Now I'd like to introduce you to my brothers.

M'agradaria presentar-vos als meus germans.

Remi is 22,

En Remi té 22 anys,

tall and very handsome.

és alt i molt guapo.

He's speechless, but he communicates joy

No parla, però transmet alegria

in a way that some of the best orators cannot.

d'una manera que ni alguns dels millors oradors poden.

Remi knows what love is.

En Remi sap què és l'amor.

He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless.

El comparteix sigui com sigui, de manera incondicional.

He's not greedy. He doesn't see skin color.

No és cobdiciós. No es fixa en el color de la pell.

He doesn't care about religious differences, and get this:

No li preocupen les diferències religioses, i fixeu-vos en això:

He has never told a lie.

no ha dit mai una mentida.

When he sings songs from our childhood,

Quan canta cançons de quan érem petits,

attempting words that not even I could remember,

empra paraules que ni tan sols jo puc recordar,

he reminds me of one thing:

i em recorda una cosa:

how little we know about the mind, and how wonderful

que poc sabem sobre la ment i com de meravellós

the unknown must be.

és allò que és desconegut.

Samuel is 16. He's tall. He's very handsome.

En Samuel té 16 anys. És alt. És molt guapo.

He has the most impeccable memory.

Té una memòria impecable.

He has a selective one, though.

Selectiva, però.

He doesn't remember if he stole my chocolate bar,

No recorda si em va prendre una xocolatina,

but he remembers the year of release for every song on my iPod,

però recorda l'any en què va sortir cadascuna de les cançons que tinc en el meu iPod,

conversations we had when he was four,

recorda converses que vàrem tenir quan ell tenia quatre anys,

weeing on my arm on the first ever episode of Teletubbies,

com es va fer pipi al meu braç quan es va emetre el primer episodi dels Teletubbies,

and Lady Gaga's birthday.

i l'aniversari de Lady Gaga.

Don't they sound incredible?

No és increïble?

But most people don't agree.

Però la majoria de la gent no hi està d'acord .

And in fact, because their minds don't fit

I, de fet, com que les seves ments no s'ajusten

into society's version of normal,

a allò que la societat entén per normalitat,

they're often bypassed and misunderstood.

sovint es prescindeix d'ells i se'ls malinterpreta.

But what lifted my heart and strengthened my soul

Però el que m'animava i m'enfortia

was that even though this was the case,

era que tot i que això fos cert,

although they were not seen as ordinary,

tot i que no se'ls considerés gent normal,

this could only mean one thing:

això només podia significar una cosa:

that they were extraordinary --

que eren extraordinaris,

autistic and extraordinary.

autistes i extraordinaris.

Now, for you who may be less familiar with the term "autism,"

Bé, per a aquells qui esteu poc familiaritzats amb el terme "autisme",

it's a complex brain disorder that affects social communication,

diré que és un trastorn complex del cervell, que afecta la comunicació social,

learning and sometimes physical skills.

l'aprenentatge i de vegades algunes habilitats físiques.

It manifests in each individual differently,

Es manifesta de forma diferent en cada individu,

hence why Remi is so different from Sam.

per això en Remi és tan diferent d'en Sam.

And across the world, every 20 minutes, one new person

I a tot el món, cada 20 minuts, una persona

is diagnosed with autism, and although it's one of

és diagnosticada amb autisme, i tot i que és un dels

the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the world,

trastorns del desenvolupament que creix més ràpidament al món,

there is no known cause or cure.

no es coneixen les causes, ni tampoc la cura.

And I cannot remember the first moment I encountered autism,

I no m'enrecordo del primer moment què vaig saber de l'autisme,

but I cannot recall a day without it.

però tampoc puc recordar un dia sense que hi estigués present.

I was just three years old when my brother came along,

Tenia només tres anys quan va nèixer el meu germà,

and I was so excited that

i estava molt emocionada perquè

I had a new being in my life.

hi havia un nou ésser en la meva vida.

And after a few months went by,

Després de passar uns quants mesos,

I realized that he was different.

em vaig adonar que era diferent.

He screamed a lot.

Cridava molt.

He didn't want to play like the other babies did,

A diferència dels altres nadons, no volia jugar

and in fact, he didn't seem

i, de fet, tampoc no semblava

very interested in me whatsoever.

gaire interessat en mi.

Remi lived and reigned in his own world, with his own rules,

En Remi vivia i regnava en el seu propi món, tenia les seves pròpies normes,

and he found pleasure in the smallest things,

i trobava plaer en les coses més petites,

like lining up cars around the room

coses com alinear cotxes al voltant de l'habitació

and staring at the washing machine

o mirar fixament la rentadora

and eating anything that came in between.

i menjar qualsevol cosa que li caigués a les mans.

And as he grew older, he grew more different,

I a mesura que es feia gran, també es feia més diferent,

and the differences became more obvious.

i les diferències eren més evidents.

Yet beyond the tantrums and the frustration

Però més enllà de les rebequeries i la frustració,

and the never-ending hyperactivity

i de la hiperactivitat interminable

was something really unique:

hi havia quelcom realment únic:

a pure and innocent nature, a boy who saw the world

una naturalesa pura i innocent, un noi que veia el món

without prejudice, a human who had never lied.

sense prejudicis, un ésser humà que mai no havia mentit.

Extraordinary.

Extraordinari.

Now, I cannot deny that there have been

Ara bé, no negaré que hi ha hagut

some challenging moments in my family,

alguns moments difícils a la meva família,

moments where I've wished that they were just like me.

moments en què he desitjat que els meus germans fossin com jo.

But I cast my mind back to the things that they've taught me

Però faig memòria de les coses que ells m'han ensenyat

about individuality and communication and love,

sobre la individualitat i la comunicació i l'amor,

and I realize that these are things that

i m'adono que aquestes són coses que

I wouldn't want to change with normality.

no voldria canviar per la normalitat.

Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us,

La normalitat no ens permet veure la bellesa que les diferències ens donen

and the fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong.

i el fet que siguem diferents no significa que un de nosaltres estigui malament.

It just means that there's a different kind of right.

Simplement vol dir que hi ha un altre tipus de "normalitat".

And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi

I si pogués comunicar una sola cosa a en Remi

and to Sam

i a en Sam

and to you,

i a vosaltres,

it would be that you don't have to be normal.

seria que no s'ha de ser normal.

You can be extraordinary.

Podeu ser extraordinaris.

Because autistic or not,

Perquè autistes o no,

the differences that we have --

les diferències que tenim...

We've got a gift! Everyone's got a gift inside of us,

Tenim un do! Tothom té un do dins seu,

and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality

i essent totalment honesta, la recerca de la normalitat

is the ultimate sacrifice of potential.

és el sacrifici final del nostre potencial.

The chance for greatness, for progress and for change

L'oportunitat de ser grans, de progressar i canviar

dies the moment we try to be like someone else.

mor en el moment que intentem ser com algú altre.

Please -- don't tell me I'm normal.

Si us plau - no em digueu que sóc normal.

Thank you. (Applause)

Gràcies. (Aplaudiments)

(Applause)

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