How autism freed me to be myself | Rosie King

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Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Mile Živković
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I haven't told many people this,
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Ovo sam rekla retko kome,
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but in my head, I've got
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ali u mojoj glavi postoji
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thousands of secret worlds all going on
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na hiljade tajnih svetova i svi su aktivni
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all at the same time.
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istovremeno.
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I am also autistic.
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Takođe sam autistična.
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People tend to diagnose autism
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Ljudi često dijagnostikuju autizam
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with really specific check-box descriptions,
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tako što štrikliraju krajnje specifične simptome,
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but in reality, it's a whole variation as to what we're like.
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ali u stvari, postoji čitav niz varijacija naše osobenosti.
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For instance, my little brother,
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Na primer, moj mlađi brat,
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he's very severely autistic.
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on je krajnje autističan.
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He's nonverbal. He can't talk at all.
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Nema sposobnost govora. Ne može uopšte da govori.
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But I love to talk.
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Ali ja volim da govorim.
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People often associate autism
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Ljudi često povezuju autizam
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with liking maths and science and nothing else,
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sa sklonošću ka matematici, nauci i ničemu drugom,
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but I know so many autistic people
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no ja poznajem mnogo autističnih ljudi
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who love being creative.
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koji vole da budu kreativni.
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But that is a stereotype,
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Ali to je stereotip,
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and the stereotypes of things
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a stereotipi
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are often, if not always, wrong.
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su često, ako ne i uvek, pogrešni.
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For instance, a lot of people
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Na primer, mnogi ljudi,
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think autism and think "Rain Man" immediately.
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kad pomisle na autizam, odmah se sete "Kišnog čoveka".
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That's the common belief,
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To je uobičajeno verovanje
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that every single autistic person is Dustin Hoffman,
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da je baš svaka autistična osoba Dastin Hofman,
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and that's not true.
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a to nije istina.
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But that's not just with autistic people, either.
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Ali nije samo tako sa autističnim ljudima.
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I've seen it with LGBTQ people,
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Tako je i sa LGBTQ populacijom,
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with women, with POC people.
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sa ženama, sa obojenim ljudima.
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People are so afraid of variety
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Ljude je toliko strah različitosti
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that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box
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da sve pokušavaju da smeste u malene kalupe
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with really specific labels.
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sa krajnje specifičnim etiketama.
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This is something that actually
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Ovo mi se zaista
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happened to me in real life:
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desilo u stvarnosti:
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I googled "autistic people are ..."
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na Guglu sam ukucala "autistični ljudi su..."
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and it comes up with suggestions
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i izađu sugestije
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as to what you're going to type.
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šta ćete da upišete.
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I googled "autistic people are ..."
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Upisala sam "autistični ljudi su..."
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and the top result was "demons."
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i prva preporuka je bila "demoni".
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That is the first thing that people think
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Ovo je prvo što ljudi pomisle
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when they think autism.
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kad pomisle na autizam.
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They know.
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Oni znaju.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:56
One of the things I can do because I'm autistic —
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Jedna od stvari koje mogu da radim jer sam autistična -
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it's an ability rather than a disability —
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to je sposobnost, više nego invaliditet -
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is I've got a very, very vivid imagination.
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a to je da imam veoma, veoma živu maštu.
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Let me explain it to you a bit.
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Dozvolite da vam to malo pojasnim.
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It's like I'm walking in two worlds most of the time.
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To je kao da se krećem kroz dva sveta istovremeno.
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There's the real world, the world that we all share,
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Postoji stvarni svet, svet zajednički za sve nas
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and there's the world in my mind,
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i postoji svet u mojoj glavi,
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and the world in my mind is often so much more real
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a svet u mojoj glavi je često daleko stvarniji
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than the real world.
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od stvarnog sveta.
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Like, it's very easy for me to let my mind loose
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Znate, meni je izuzetno lako da oslobodim svoj um
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because I don't try and fit myself into a tiny little box.
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jer ja ne pokušavam da se uklopim u maleni kalup.
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That's one of the best things about being autistic.
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To je nešto najbolje kod autizma.
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You don't have the urge to do that.
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Nemate potrebu za tim.
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You find what you want to do,
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Pronađete šta želite da radite,
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you find a way to do it, and you get on with it.
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pronađete način da to radite i posvetite se tome.
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If I was trying to fit myself into a box,
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Da sam pokušavala da se uklopim,
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I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have achieved
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ne bih bila ovde, ne bih postigla
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half the things that I have now.
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ni polovinu stvari koje sam postigla.
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There are problems, though.
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Ipak, postoje problemi.
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There are problems with being autistic,
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Kada ste autistični, imate probleme,
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and there are problems with having too much imagination.
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a problemi nastaju zbog prevelike maštovitosti.
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School can be a problem in general,
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Škola može uopšteno da bude problem,
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but having also to explain to a teacher
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ali kada morate da objašnjavate profesorima
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on a daily basis
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svakodnevno
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that their lesson is inexplicably dull
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da je njihovo predavanje neopisivo dosadno
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and you are secretly taking refuge
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i da potajno bežite
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in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson,
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u svet unutar svog uma, koji nema veze sa predavanjem,
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that adds to your list of problems.
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to doprinese listi problema.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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Also, when my imagination takes hold,
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Takođe, kada mašta zaživi,
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my body takes on a life of its own.
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izgubim kontrolu nad svojim telom.
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When something very exciting happens in my inner world,
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Kada se nešto veoma uzbudljivo dešava u mom unutrašnjem svetu,
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I've just got to run.
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ja prosto moram da jurim.
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I've got to rock backwards and forwards,
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Moram da se klatim napred i nazad,
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or sometimes scream.
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a ponekad i vrištim.
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This gives me so much energy,
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To mi da toliko energije,
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and I've got to have an outlet for all that energy.
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da ja moram nekako da otpustim svu tu energiju.
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But I've done that ever since I was a child,
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Ali ja to radim još od detinjstva,
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ever since I was a tiny little girl.
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još dok sam bila malena devojčica.
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And my parents thought it was cute, so they didn't bring it up,
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Mojim roditeljima je to bilo simpatično, pa mi nisu zamerali,
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but when I got into school,
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ali kad sam krenula u školu,
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they didn't really agree that it was cute.
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njima to nije bilo simpatično.
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It can be that people don't want to be friends
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Dešava se da ljudi ne žele da budu prijatelji
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with the girl that starts screaming in an algebra lesson.
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sa devojkom koja vrišti na času matematike.
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And this doesn't normally happen in this day and age,
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Ovo se obično ne dešava u današnje vreme,
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but it can be that people don't want to be friends with the autistic girl.
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ali desi se da ljudi ne žele da se druže s autističnom devojkom.
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It can be that people don't want to associate
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Možda ljudi ne žele da budu u vezi
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with anyone who won't or can't fit themselves
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ni sa kim ko ne želi ili ne može da se uklopi
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into a box that's labeled normal.
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u kalup s etiketom "normalno".
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But that's fine with me,
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Ali nemam ništa protiv toga,
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because it sorts the wheat from the chaff,
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tako se deli žito od kukolja,
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and I can find which people are genuine and true
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i ja mogu da otkrijem koji ljudi su iskreni i odani
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and I can pick these people as my friends.
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i mogu da ih odaberem za prijatelje.
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But if you think about it, what is normal?
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Ali, kad malo razmislite, šta je to normalno?
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What does it mean?
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Šta to znači?
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Imagine if that was the best compliment you ever received.
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Zamislite da je to najbolji kompliment koji ste ikad dobili.
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"Wow, you are really normal."
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"Vau, kako si ti normalna."
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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But compliments are,
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Ali komplimenti glase:
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"you are extraordinary"
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"ti si izvanredna"
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or "you step outside the box."
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ili "otvorena si za nove poglede".
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It's "you're amazing."
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"Neverovatna si."
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So if people want to be these things,
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Dakle, ako ljudi žele da budu sve to,
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why are so many people striving to be normal?
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zašto toliko njih teži da bude normalno?
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Why are people pouring their brilliant individual light into a mold?
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Zašto ljudi prosipaju svoju briljantnu individualnost u kalup?
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People are so afraid of variety that they try and force everyone,
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Ljude je toliko strah od različitosti da pokušavaju da primoraju svakog,
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even people who don't want to or can't, to become normal.
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čak i ljude koji ne žele ili ne mogu, da budu normalni.
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There are camps for LGBTQ people
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Postoje kampovi za LGBTQ ljude
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or autistic people to try and make them this "normal,"
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ili autistične ljude, gde ih pokušavaju učiniti "normalnim",
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and that's terrifying that people would do that in this day and age.
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i to je strašno, da to ljudi rade u današnje vreme.
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All in all, I wouldn't trade my autism and my imagination for the world.
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Sve u svemu, ne bih menjala svoj autizam i svoju maštu ni za šta na svetu.
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Because I am autistic,
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Zato što sam autistična,
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I've presented documentaries to the BBC,
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pojavljivala sam se u dokumentarcima na Bi-Bi-Si-ju,
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I'm in the midst of writing a book,
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trenutno pišem knjigu,
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I'm doing this — this is fantastic —
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govorim ovde - to je sjajno -
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and one of the best things that I've achieved,
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i jedna od najboljih stvari koje sam postigla,
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that I consider to have achieved,
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smatram da sam to postigla,
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is I've found ways of communicating
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je da sam pronašla način da komuniciram
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with my little brother and sister,
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s mlađim bratom i sestrom,
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who as I've said are nonverbal. They can't speak.
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za koje sam već rekla da nemaju sposobnost govora. Ne govore.
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And people would often write off someone who's nonverbal,
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Ljudi bi često otpisali nekoga ko ne može da govori,
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but that's silly, because my little brother and sister
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ali to je glupo, jer su moj brat i sestra
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are the best siblings that you could ever hope for.
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najbolji brat i sestra koje biste poželeli.
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They're just the best, and I love them so much
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Oni su prosto najbolji i obožavam ih,
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and I care about them more than anything else.
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stalo mi je do njih više od bilo čega na svetu.
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I'm going to leave you with one question:
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Ostaviću vas sa jednim pitanjem:
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If we can't get inside the person's minds,
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ako ne možemo da uđemo u tuđe umove,
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no matter if they're autistic or not,
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bez obzira da li su autistični ili ne,
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instead of punishing anything that strays from normal,
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umesto da kažnjavamo sve što nije normalno,
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why not celebrate uniqueness
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zašto ne bismo slavili jedinstvenost
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and cheer every time someone unleashes their imagination?
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i zašto ne bismo aplaudirali svaki put kada neko pusti mašti na volju?
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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