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.
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the personal subject, with the power of holiness.
The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to help, and labor and equipment are volunteered without any thought of who's going to pay for it. This is a basic feeling in Americans. They don't stand back in such a circumstance and ask what the government's going to do about it.
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race.
Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
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