Bonus: We're Not Broken

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This week we're featuring an episode from Life Kit that focuses on myths surrounding autism, how to talk about it and how to help your autistic loved one live their most fulfilling life.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Ramteen here.
0:02.6	Just dropping in to let you know that we have an amazing bonus episode from our fellow
0:07.4	MPR podcast, LifeKit.
0:10.1	The episode focuses on the misconceptions that people have around autism and how we should
0:14.8	be talking about it today.
0:16.6	And the person just hosting this LifeKit episode is none other than our very own Lane
0:21.8	Kaplan Levinson.
0:23.3	We hope you enjoy it.
0:25.9	This is NPR's LifeKit and I'm Lane Kaplan Levinson.
0:30.4	Let's start this episode with a reality check.
0:36.8	Whether you know it or not, you know somebody who's autistic.
0:40.0	So even if you think this doesn't affect you, it does affect you.
0:43.6	That's Eric Garcia, a senior Washington correspondent for the Independent and author of the book
0:49.2	were not broken, changing the autism conversation.
0:53.0	If we have bad ideas about autism, then certainly that must lead to bad policies about autism
0:58.9	because bad ideas beget bad policies.
1:02.3	Eric's autistic and so knows the consequence of bad policies firsthand.
1:07.1	Policies that Eric says have wrongfully focused on finding a cure for autism.
1:11.7	Something he says autistic people don't want and never asked for.
1:15.5	So instead of prioritizing trying to fix them, prioritize what can you do to make their
1:19.5	lives better.
1:21.1	That's what Eric's book sets out to do.
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