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Why My Autistic Children Don’t Need a “Cure” | Vikie Shanks | TEDxLeamingtonSpa
2016
Should we really continue to pity those on the autism spectrum? Or, is it time to reexamine how we approach those with differently wired brains? Vikie Shanks shares a paradigm shift she went through with her own children.
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Should we really continue to pity those on the autism spectrum? Or, is it time to reexamine how we approach those with differently wired brains? Vikie Shanks shares a paradigm shift she went through with her own children.
18:10 min
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