The Superhumans That Exist Amongst Us
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Khurram Sadiq |
TEDxSevenoaks
• September 2021
Normal people do not like different
These words given by one of Dr. Khurram Sadiq’s patients sums up how people with #Autism Spectrum Disorder feel like. Today, 1 in 56 people are diagnosed with ASD and the male ratio is 4:1 to females. In this talk Dr Khurram points out why this ratio is actually 1: 1 and why women are in the same level of danger as men.
Dr Khurram Sadiq is a Clinical Lead Acute Care in Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and a Consultant Psychiatrist in Crisis Team Basingstoke. He is a Public Speaker, Blogger, Vlogger and a Leadership coach. This is the third TEDx talk of Dr Khurram, where he tells us the stories of #diversity in people’s life and the workplace, the challenges of raising a child with ASD and why
It’s not about knowing Autism, it’s about understanding Autism.
Connect with Dr. Khurram Sadiq on LinkedIn and YouTube @Dr Khurram Sadiq, Instagram @Fomosapien666 and Facebook @Khurram Saadiq
#MentalHealth
This talk was given at TEDxSevenoaks with the theme ‘Come together’ using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Credits:
Editor: David Sztypuljak
Production crew : RGJones
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