12/06/2022
10 GREAT TED TALKS ABOUT AUTISM
In June 2013, our Founder/CEO Chris Varney delivered a TED talk that would lay the foundation for the creation of I CAN Network. Here it is, along with nine other compelling TED talks worth viewing! (list not exhaustive)
1️⃣ Chris Varney: How My Unstoppable Mother Proved The Experts Wrong (2013) youtu.be/T1HQKB2txgY.
2️⃣ Steve Silberman: The Forgotten History of Autism (2015) tinyurl.com/2p9e4nhv.
3️⃣ Dr Jac den Houting: Why Everything You Know About Autism Is Wrong (2019) youtu.be/A1AUdaH-EPM.
4️⃣ Hannah Gadsby: Three Ideas. Three Contradictions. Or Not. (2019) youtu.be/87qLWFZManA.
5️⃣ Tim Chan: Turning Impediments Into Opportunities (2014) youtu.be/Woy-XzC-UVs.
6️⃣ Jude Morrow: You Have The Chance To Be A Hero For Autistic Children - Take It (2021) Link: youtu.be/dLDcSZFIDzE.
7️⃣ Yenn Purkis: Disability, Resilience and Achieving the Supposedly Impossible (2013) youtu.be/pqdGb4TraFk.
8️⃣ Kip Chow: Why Are So Many Autistic Adults Undiagnosed? (2021) youtu.be/RcSCi-XDyeU.
9️⃣ Amy Laurent: Compliance Is Not The Goal: Letting Go of Control and Rethinking Support for Autistic Individuals (2019) youtu.be/fx3cfzlCG_Q.
🔟 Rosie King: How Autism Freed Me To Be Myself (2014) youtu.be/jQ95xlZeHo8.
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