Latest / Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD / Autistic Girl 11 Gets Masters Degree!
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- 0:00Wait, an autistic girl aged 11 just got a master's degree?
- 0:03What catch? Welcome back to the Ask People.
- 0:06What's going on? My name is Dan and I have autism
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- 0:22Link is down below as well. OK, so I came across this
- 0:25article that said that a young autistic girl had just achieved
- 0:29A remarkable feat by earning a master's degree by age 11.
- 0:32Which means that if she's graduated at age 11, just
- 0:34started. Even younger than that, just
- 0:36like crazy. Her intellectual IQ is reported
- 0:39to be higher than Albert Einstein's.
- 0:40Whoa. The girl's exceptional academic
- 0:42abilities allowed her to complete the master's degree at
- 0:44such a young age because she is on the also spectrum.
- 0:47She had abilities in other areas of intellect.
- 0:51The achievement is an inspiration and serves as a
- 0:52reminder that university individuals can excel in various
- 0:56fields, which is just amazing, right?
- 0:58And it's important to recognise and support the talent of
- 1:00artistic individuals, which I think is just absolutely mind
- 1:02blowing. This is just like wow, There is
- 1:05a significant inclusion in education for people who are
- 1:08gifted or people who excel. And this is just another
- 1:11example, a classic example of, you know, this type of success,
- 1:15you know, and if you excel in an area, I'm not tied to what the
- 1:18masters of viewers in, but The thing is like it's a master's
- 1:21degree. I mean, people wait their whole
- 1:23lives to just complete a master's degree and stuff like
- 1:26that. It's a big feat.
- 1:27Like to have that done by age 11 is just just brilliant.
- 1:31I think we're in an amazing time where people like this 11 year
- 1:34old autistic girl are going to be changing the world, changing
- 1:37the way we see the world and just doing amazing things.
- 1:39I will leave a link to this actual article down below in the
- 1:42description. So you check that out.
- 1:44Also, guys, if you like this video, give it a thumbs up.
- 1:46I don't like and share this video if you think it's going to
- 1:48be inspirational to somebody else.
- 1:49I'm so excited about it. OK guys, gotta go.