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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Tereza Ivanovic Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

Today I have just one request.

Danas imam samo jednu molbu.

Please don't tell me I'm normal.

Molim vas, nemojte mi reći da sam normalna.

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

Sad bih volela da vas upoznam sa svojom braćom.

Remi is 22,

Remi ima 22 godine,

tall and very handsome.

visok je i zgodan.

He's speechless, but he communicates joy

Ne ume da govori, ali prenosi radost

in a way that some of the best orators cannot.

na takav način, na koji ni najbolji govornici ne znaju.

Remi knows what love is.

Remi zna šta je ljubav.

He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless.

On je deli bezuslovno i bez obzira.

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

Nije pohlepan. On ne prepoznaje boju kože.

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

On ne mari za razlike u religijama, a vidite ovo:

He has never told a lie.

nikad nije lagao.

When he sings songs from our childhood,

Kada peva pesme iz našeg detinjstva,

attempting words that not even I could remember,

pokušavajući sa rečima kojih se ni ja ne sećam,

he reminds me of one thing:

podseća me na jednu stvar:

how little we know about the mind, and how wonderful

kako malo znamo o svesti i mora da je divno

the unknown must be.

ono što je nepoznato.

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

Semjuel ima 16 godina. Visok je. Zgodan je.

He has the most impeccable memory.

Poseduje besprekornu memoriju.

He has a selective one, though.

I to selektivnu.

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

Ne seća se da je ukrao moju čokoladu,

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

ali se seća kada je izdata svaka pesma koja je na mom iPodu,

conversations we had when he was four,

seća se razgovora koje smo vodili sa 4 godine,

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

on malecni u mojoj ruci, gledajući prvu epizodu Teletabisa

and Lady Gaga's birthday.

i rođendan Lejdi Gage.

Don't they sound incredible?

Zar nisu neverovatni?

But most people don't agree.

Većina ljudi ne misli tako.

And in fact, because their minds don't fit

U stvari, zato što se njihova svest ne uklapa

into society's version of normal,

u društveno prihvatljiv oblik normalnog,

they're often bypassed and misunderstood.

njih često zaobilaze i ne shvataju.

But what lifted my heart and strengthened my soul

Ono što mi je uzdiglo srce i ojačalo dušu

was that even though this was the case,

bez obzira na činjenice,

although they were not seen as ordinary,

mada nisu izgledali obično,

this could only mean one thing:

ovo je moglo značiti samo jednu stvar:

that they were extraordinary --

da su oni izuzetni --

autistic and extraordinary.

autistični i izuzetni.

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

Za one kojima je termin "autizam" manje poznat,

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

to je složeni poremećaj mozga, koji utiče na sporazumevanje,

learning and sometimes physical skills.

učenje i ponekad na fizičke veštine.

It manifests in each individual differently,

Kod svake osobe se drugačije manifestuje,

hence why Remi is so different from Sam.

zato je Remi toliko različit od Sema.

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

U celom svetu, svakih 20 minuta se dijagnostikuje

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

jedan slučaj autizma i mada je to

the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the world,

jedan od poremećaja u razvoju koji se najbrže razvija,

there is no known cause or cure.

uzrok i lek su nepoznati.

And I cannot remember the first moment I encountered autism,

Ne sećam se prvog momenta kada sam se susrela sa autizmom,

but I cannot recall a day without it.

ali ne sećam se ni jednog dana bez njega.

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

Imala sam samo tri godine kad mi se rodio brat

and I was so excited that

i bila sam veoma uzbuđena

I had a new being in my life.

što imam jedno novo biće u mom životu.

And after a few months went by,

Posle nekoliko meseci

I realized that he was different.

shvatila sam da je drugačiji.

He screamed a lot.

Mnogo je vrištao.

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

Nije hteo da se igra kao druge bebe,

and in fact, he didn't seem

u stvari, činilo se

very interested in me whatsoever.

da nije zainteresovan ni za šta.

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

Remi je živeo i vladao u svom svetu, po svojim pravilima

and he found pleasure in the smallest things,

i nalazio je zadovoljstvo i u najmanjim stvarima,

like lining up cars around the room

kao što je ređanje autića po sobi

and staring at the washing machine

i zurenje u veš mašinu

and eating anything that came in between.

i u jelu između.

And as he grew older, he grew more different,

Kako je odrastao, sve se više razlikovao

and the differences became more obvious.

i razlike su postale sve očiglednije.

Yet beyond the tantrums and the frustration

Izvan nastupa besa i frustracije

and the never-ending hyperactivity

i beskrajne hiperaktivnosti

was something really unique:

on je bio zaista jedinstven:

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

čiste i nevine naravi, dečak koji je video svet

without prejudice, a human who had never lied.

bez predrasuda, ljudsko biće koje nikad nije lagalo.

Extraordinary.

Izuzetan.

Now, I cannot deny that there have been

Ne mogu da poreknem da je bilo

some challenging moments in my family,

teških momenata u mojoj porodici,

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

momenata kada sam poželela da su i oni kao ja.

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

Vratila sam misli na stvari kojima su me učili

about individuality and communication and love,

o individualnosti, komunikaciji i ljubavi

and I realize that these are things that

i shvatila sam da su ovo stvari

I wouldn't want to change with normality.

koje ne bih zamenila sa normalnošću.

Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us,

Normalnost previđa lepotu koju nam pružaju razlike

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

i činjenica da smo različiti ne znači da jedan od nas nije u pravu.

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

Ovo samo znači da smo na različite načine u pravu.

And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi

Kada bih mogla da saopštim samo jednu stvar Remiju

and to Sam

i Semu

and to you,

i vama

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

to je da ne morate biti prosečni.

You can be extraordinary.

Možete biti izuzetni.

Because autistic or not,

Jer autistični ili ne,

the differences that we have --

razlike koje imamo --

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

Imamo dar! Svako ima unutar sebe dara

and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality

i iskreno, težnja za normalnošću

is the ultimate sacrifice of potential.

je krajnje žrtvovanje potencijala.

The chance for greatness, for progress and for change

Šansa za veličanstvenost, napredak i promene

dies the moment we try to be like someone else.

umire onog trenutka kada pokušavamo da ličimo na nekog drugog.

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

Molim vas, nemojte mi reći da sam prosečna.

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala. (Aplauz)

(Applause)

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