She stopped laughing. And that is the uncomfortable truth we cannot escape.• Greta Thunberg is a 17-year-old environmental campaigner from Sweden. Greta Thunberg speaks during the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations, September 23, 2019. Diagnosed later in life with Asperger’s syndrome, he writes blogs, records coaching videos and presents at conferences and support groups for the Asperger/Autism Network. And on 28 November 2019, the European parliament declared a “

REUTERS/Andrej IvanovEnvironmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Giving up without even trying.Science doesn’t tell anyone what to do, it merely collects and presents verified information. As is the case with her OCD diagnosis, it arguably helps her allocate her energies only toward what is most important to her: her goals for our planet and its inhabitants. Den Besuch von Greta Thunberg hat Müller ebenfalls bestätigt und dabei die Gelegenheit genutzt, Klaus Schwab zu huldigen: «Es war der grosse Coup von Wef-Gründer Klaus Schwab. Greta's mum is opera singer Malena Ernman and her father is actor Svante Thunberg. The family received death threats on social media, and was even delivered excrement through the mail.“She is mocked by anonymous troll accounts, by right-wing extremists. Despite her struggle, the school was unsympathetic, says Ernman.“It’s Greta’s own fault, the school thinks; several children have said repeatedly that Greta has behaved strangely and spoken too softly and never says hello,” she writes.Doctors diagnosed Thunberg with “high-functioning” autism, which Ernman describes as Asperger’s, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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She is scheduled to address the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23. The decision to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a solar-powered yacht on her way to the United Nations Climate Action Summit is but one example of such thinking.Repetitive behaviors that are limited in scope, another prevalent trait among those on the autism spectrum, would probably be construed by most as a problem that needs to be fixed. Commitments are being made, big speeches are given. And since we don’t have all the technical solutions we need to achieve that, we have to work with what we have at hand today.

Perhaps you can agree, even if you don’t agree with her platform? (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Swedish 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg sails underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on the Malizia II racing yacht in New York Harbor as she nears the completion of her trans-Atlantic crossing in order to attend a United Nations summit on climate change in New York, U.S., August 28, 2019. Genau zwei Jahre nach ihrem ersten «Schulstreik fürs Klima» besucht sie Angela Merkel. Professioneller Fujifilm-Abzug auf Premium Hochglanz-Fotopapier.
The zero-emissions yacht left Plymouth, England on Aug. 14. n Thursday 20 August, it will be exactly two years since the first school strike for the climate took place.