Not everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior".
Interpretation
Being different does not imply being less valuable.
This quote by Hans Asperger highlights the idea that those who do not conform to societal norms or expectations—who may be considered 'abnormal'—are not lesser individuals. It encourages the recognition of the value and potential of diversity in human behavior and thinking.
In practice
In a speech about acceptance, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of valuing diversity.
We are convinced, then, that autistic people have their place in the organism of the social community. They fulfil their role well, perhaps better than anyone else could, and we are talking of people who as children had the greatest difficulties and caused untold worries to their care-givers.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
If you take 10,000 chimpanzees and cram them together into Wembley Stadium or the Houses of Parliament, you will get chaos. But if you take 10,000 people who have never met before, they can co-operate and create amazing things.
We have a tendency to make assumptions about everything! The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking-we take it personally-then we blame them and react by sending emotional poison in our word. That is why whenever we make assumptions, we're asking for problems. We make assumptions, we misunderstand, we take it personally, and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
As is known, it is in the realm of experience inaugurated by psychoanalysis that we may grasp along what imaginary lines the human organism, in the most intimate recesses of its being, manifests its capture in a symbolic dimension.
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