Âûtsome Kuching | #ActuallyAutistic

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[Âûtsome Kuching | #ActuallyAutistic @AutsomeKch]

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[penad & tak OK ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

Sigh.

Been talking about this dah lama.

OKU are second class citizens by force of policy & law. Our CRPD reservations hampers the domestication of Disability Rights in MY.

Registering for the OKU card formalises the 2nd class citizen status of OKU.

@hannahyeoh @NancyShukri

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Are we asking why OKU registration are low? Have we looked at the discrimination and stigma that disabled persons face in all areas of life, discrimination that is formalised once one registers for the OKU card?

@hannahyeoh @NancyShukri @sivarraajh

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Hello 👋

If you're disabled, or a caregiver/partner for a disabled person, we want to hear from you.

Details 👇, survey here 👉 https://t.co/9CvbvhLI8u

Please RT @CSOP4Reform @DrAmarMOH @bersihofficial @mindakami @bolehspace @AutsomeKch @CIJ_Malaysia thank you ❤️

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

If you are disabled person, part of a Disabled Persons' Organisation (DPO), or a disability advocate, we should talk about building a wider front of solidarity.

Email kamisiuman at gmail dot com and let us know your availability.

RTs appreciated.

@AutsomeKch @Kelvinyii88

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[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Hi everyone. Our collective members will be conducting a disability advocacy workshop in Kuching on 4 Aug as part of the 6th Sarawak Mental Health Conference.

We have some downtime during the conference (5 & 6 August) & we'd like to connect with advocates based in Sarawak.

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[Boleh Space 🇲🇾 @bolehspace]

@yk2maya @BeaLeongAIDA @ikmalhmt @KamiSIUMAN We urge PM @anwaribrahim's Cabinet @MalaysiaPMO, @KPWKM @NancyShukri @al_jundiathirah @KKMPutrajaya healthcare workers, policy makers and @JKMHQ social workers and staff to read Rosli Ibrahim's excellent book

https://t.co/fxdCrZP8t2

[Boleh Space 🇲🇾 @bolehspace]

@yk2maya @BeaLeongAIDA @ikmalhmt Read “Five recommendations for a Disability Inclusive Malaysia Madani” shared statement by @bolehspace @KamiSIUMAN Society of the Blind in Malaysia,
Deaf Advocate & Well-Being National Council Malaysia and
National Early Childhood Intervention Council.

https://t.co/cz2DA47lDt

[MQ Mental Health Research @MQmentalhealth]

Are you a #PostDoc researcher looking to take the next step in your career?

Do you have a bold idea to examine the biological, psychological, economic, cultural, or environmental factors that impact #MentalHealth?

You could qualify for funding from MQ 👇
https://t.co/HtX9JWw1Ms

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Content Note: Self-harm

We have seen the thread on students being further traumatised for self-harming, and we are NOT linking to it.

We have brought this up numerous times, but no one...

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@FadhlinaSiddiq @NancyShukri @DrZalihaMustafa @lukanisman @al_jundiathirah @radzi_dr

[Shawn 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉 @shawnsharif]

@hasbeemasputra @IsmailSabri60 @NancyShukri @NancyShukri if you need more studies, The least you can do is to pay #OKUMalaysia to do The job. Address The 1% OKU employment KPI, actually know what we ourselves need & have The right qualifications to get The job done.

Engage @bolehspace @mindakami @KamiSIUMAN @AutsomeKch

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

We want to hear from clients & patients of public healthcare, especially those with chronic illnesses.

In one tweet, what would help you most as a patient, client or service user? What resources or services do you need from KKM?

Share 👇, please keep your comments respectful.

[penad & tak OK ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

Nak tambah sikit. This also affects OKU, in different ways.

Travel will be difficult for wheelchairs users, and OKU mental face barriers to passport renewals.

I know of at least 1 person (a fellow advocate) who was arbitrarily denied passport renewal.

[Âûtsome Kuching | #ActuallyAutistic @AutsomeKch]

We'll meet when we are in Sibu. Hopefully soon! Til then, take care 🤍

[penad & tak OK ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

Wow. KPWKM platforming NASOM, who are ABA proponents. ABA therapy has been called out by autistic self-advocates as abuse.

HT @NeuroRebel

https://t.co/JdVc0bQ6S6

[Beatrice Leong @beaboobea]

Until people start recognising that it’s a systemic barrier and resistance towards including #ActuallyAutistic in their programmes on autism, Malaysia ain’t gonna move forward anytime soon. A rant 🧵

[penad & tak OK ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

I was one of those interviewed by Malaysiakini ✌️😬

"I believe that we should appoint a mental disability advocate as a senator to better represent the whole spectrum of disability, both visible and invisible."

https://t.co/XvNC3khE43

[penad & tak OK ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

Some thoughts.

PN politicians think so poorly of the disabled community, and LGBT, they deliberately put both communities, entire groups of vulnerable people, in harm's way. In Parliament.

https://t.co/YAkta6h3AH

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Besides the repeal of Sec. 309, which still needs to go through Dewan Negara, this is the only bright spot.

The previous Sec. 305 & 306 also had "abetment", but bullying that led to suicides was never prosecuted under either.

This will change that.

https://t.co/vctVI0cS6r

[SIUMAN ♿🧠 | No Justice Without Access to Justice @KamiSIUMAN]

Bittersweet.

Amendments to the Mental Health Act and Penal Code have been passed by Dewan Rakyat, but as they were initially presented.

Yes, it's a win, but also not.

We will be releasing a statement soon.