The YouTube clip opens with a woman facing away from the camera, rocking back and forth, flapping her hands awkwardly, and emitting an eerie hum. She then performs strange repetitive behaviors: slapping a piece of paper against a window, running a hand lengthwise over a computer keyboard, twisting the knob of a drawer. She bats a necklace with her hand and nuzzles her face against the pages of a book.
Autism is still something of a mystery to us. The general consensus for a long time has been that autistic people were damaged, unable to interact with the world around them in a meaningful way, and it was even thought by many that the most severely afflicted were not aware of what was happening around them.
Now because of this amazing woman we know that that is not true.
The youtube clip is long, but it is captivating and well worth the time it takes to watch. (if you are really impatient, skip to about 3 mins in, that is where the 'translation' begins)
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