The autism spectrum isn't what you think it is | Chloé Hayden
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Actress Chloé Hayden is best known for her role as Quinnie on the popular TV show "Heartbreak High" — one of the first-ever autistic characters to actually be played by an autistic person. Now, she's inviting us to imagine a world where seeing autistic people in any role isn't groundbreaking, it's simply expected.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm your host, Elise Hume. Stereotypes can often come when we say the word autism. In this talk, |
| 0:19.1 | actress and disability rights activist, Chloe Hayton, |
| 0:22.5 | asks us to reconsider the narrative around autism and why it's so important to uplift autistic |
| 0:28.5 | voices. She shares the story of her own diagnosis and the journey to knowing autism doesn't mean |
| 0:34.4 | wrong or bad and asks those who are not autistic to help create a world |
| 0:39.3 | where the neurodivergent to neurotypical spectrum is understood and celebrated. |
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