O Grecie Thunberg jest ostatnio bardzo głośno. Mówi się o Niej głównie w kontekście prowadzonej przez Nią kampanii na rzecz walki z globalnym ociepleniem. Niektórzy traktują Ją w kategoriach naczelnej kapłanki nowo narodzonej - ich zdaniem - religii ekologizmu. Tymczasem jest jeszcze inny ciekawy wymiar fenomenu młodej Szwedki. Jest ona osobą dotkniętą syndromem Aspergera - który ,jak twierdzi, w prowadzonej przez Nią działalności nie tylko jest problemem ale także atutem. I jako taka, jako osoba z Aspergerem, która zaistniała w wymiarze globalnym - staje się ona wzorcem do naśladowania (role model) dla całego środowiska osób z zaburzeniami ze spektrum autyzmu.
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"Alexander Burke was in high school when he received an explanation for his lifetime of difficulty making social connections. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, Burke, now 34, felt he had a better understanding of the interpersonal struggles that he had had in his past — but it did nothing to alleviate his worries about his future.
Burke says he would have been "thrilled" to have someone else with Asperger's whom he could look up to. But there weren't many other people with Asperger's that he knew of, either personally or in the public sphere.That has since changed. In the past year, as teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg has launched an international movement to address climate change, the 16-year-old from Sweden has notched another accomplishment, say those on the autism spectrum. By being open about her own diagnosis of Asperger's — even calling it her "superpower" — Thunberg has emerged as a role model to those on the spectrum, and has educated others about what autism can look like."I think it is really inspirational," Burke, of Somerville, Massachusetts, said. "I would have been thrilled if I was in high school right now."Thunberg — who gave an impassioned plea at the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday that went viral — began her climate protest in August 2018 following Sweden's hottest summer on record by striking by herself outside Swedish Parliament instead of going to school.
Since then, her campaign has gone global, attracting throngs of supporters as well as critics, some of whom have seized upon her Asperger's as an "illness."
That has not stopped her. Last month, she tweeted: "When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning! I have Asperger's and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And — given the right circumstances — being different is a superpower. #aspiepower"


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