You see, the autistic mind tends to be a specialist mind自闭症患者通常都是有特别的心智的good at one thing, bad at something else.她们往往在某一方面做得很棒，在其他方面做得很糟And where I was bad was algebra. And I was never allowed to take geometry or trig.我就是代数非常差，更不用提几何或三角了Gigantic mistake: I&#39m finding a lot of kids who need to skip

Like if I say, &quotThink about a church steeple&quot比如说，“请想象一下教堂的石柱”most people get this sort of generalized generic one.大多数人想到的是一个标准答案Now, maybe that&#39s not true in this room,也许这个房间里的人的答案会很不一样but it&#39s going to be true in a lot of different places.但对于大多数的地方来说，这都是适用的I see only specific pictures

Like if I say, &quotThink about a church steeple&quot比如说，“请想象一下教堂的石柱”most people get this sort of generalized generic one.大多数人想到的是一个标准答案Now, maybe that&#39s not true in this room,也许这个房间里的人的答案会很不一样but it&#39s going to be true in a lot of different places.但对于大多数的地方来说，这都是适用的I see only specific pictures

I think I&#39ll start out and just talk a little bit about what exactly autism is.我想，我就从解释自闭症是什么来开始我的演讲吧Autism is a very big continuum自闭症的症状范围很广that goes from very severe -- the child remains non-verbal --有的自闭症非常严重，他们从小孩开始就一直不会说话all the way up to brilliant scientists and engineers.但也有的自闭症患者最终成为了伟大的科

Is it unrealistic for them to hope or think that that child loves them, as some might, as most, wish?对于家长来说，他们希望或者认为自己的孩子也许能够爱他们，这是不是比较不现实？Well let me tell you, that child will be loyal,假如家长这么做，孩子会变得很孝顺and if your house is burning down, they&#39re going to get you out of it.假如家里着火了，他们会把你救出来Wow. So,

Let&#39s just look at something like, you know,我们不妨看一个具体的问题solving problems with making airlines safer.比如如何让飞行变得更加安全Yeah, I&#39m a million-mile flyer.没错，我自己就经常要坐飞机I do lots and lots of flying,我飞过的里程超过一百万英里and if I was at the FAA, what would I be doing a lot of direct observation of?假如我是在法国航空联盟，我会特别留

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