Wednesday 24 February 2016

History of Autism and Aspergers all revealed in one book : Neurotribes

I've just finished reading Neurotribes today, on my bus trip back to uni where i live currently.

And WOW amazingly AUSOME what I read in the book.

Did Kanner only really see NON VERBAL AUTISTICS?

Did Asperger only see HIGHLY INTELLIGENTLY GIFTED ASPERGERS?

How were we really treated back in the history of HITTLER?

The amazingly AUSOME truth is that both Kanner and Asperger saw a variety of spectrum back then. However they chose different ways to embrace it.

On the Kanner side he didnt want to see the gifts that individuals with autism showed, and classed them all as mentally defective and agreed with murdering autistic individuals. Only 3 of the 7 children he saw were completely non verbal, the rest were verbal to a degree.

Asperger recognised it as a spectrum, but he only chose to report on the highly intelligent gift aspirer individuals but the truth is he also those with non verbal, limited communication autistics as well. But only chose to report the gifted group like he did to try and stop us from being murdered by the NAZI's but we were bloody murdered anyways.

It is totally well worth the read.

I am wonderfully Autiscally made.

Saturday 20 February 2016

Are We Really a Fully Inclusive Society

With all the media attention around the immigration act in New Zealand and disabled individuals being discriminated against in the act.

It appears that only certain cases are brought to the media attention, usually those that are well known.

Are we really a inclusive society when our government purposely discriminates against disabled immigrants?

Then we have Australian born children to New Zealand parents, where there parents pay the NDIS levy fee, but yet their very own children born in Australia are unable to access any of it, or other support until they turn 10 years old. Yet Australians immigrating to New Zealand get the full funded public services including disability support as soon as they immigrate to New Zealand as long as they provide prove they will live here for 2 years or more.

Are our immigration laws in both countries fair and do not discriminate on the grounds of disability?

They say disabled people will cost the government money, but do they not see the value and contributions of disabled people?

Are disabled people really citizens of their countries?

The truth is even in todays age, disabled people are treated as second class citizens.

Every time we deny a disabled individual from being a citizen in any country, we are sending a clear message that we are still not ready for a fully inclusive society, where the disability is always seen, and not the ability that individual has to contribute to society.

Its time to rattle and shake governments all over the world.

we are human beings as well, we deserve to immigrate to countries just like non-disabled people.

New Zealand and Australia are both signatures to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - we must keep them accountable to their actions.

I have been called all sorts of names since speaking up for children with disabilities born to NZ parents in Australia.

According to someone who surely doesn't understand the UNCRPD.
I'm a:

A: diminished mind
B: im unequal because i have a disability.
C: I contribute less so I'm unequal.