Australia must end AUKUS now & develop an independent foreign policy. We simply cannot continue to be hitched to this unstable fascist in the White House & his growing list of war crimes.
I want to see parents with non-disabled children go through 1% of what we have to go through, including but not limited to:
- segregation
- institutionnalization
- societal ableism
- broken judicial system
- broken administrative system
- stereotyping
...
The continued use of restrictive practices as disciplinary sanctions on SEND children is unacceptable. The burden of communicating an unmet need, distress, or a system failing to listen is placed on the child. We must move from control to care.
#HarrysLaw
I was diagnosed as a teenager with ADHD in 1996. My parents were told it was rare in girls. I was prescribed 9 dexamphetamine a day. 3 in the morning, 3 at lunch and 3 in the evening.
That same diagnosing paediatrician who was so certain I met the criteria for ADHD never once mentioned autism.
I received my diagnosis for autism 6 years after my own son's diagnosis at age 40.
Lorna Wing pioneered spectrum concept & also presented camouflaging hypothesis for girls (1981). She worried autistic females "may continue to go unrecognised or misdiagnosed" in DSM-5.
https://t.co/3RBOcfqCMX
Suggesting autistic women are simply hyper-emotional is classic sexism
This is what happens when parents of Autistic children ring services that are supposed to be there to help families in crisis. We're told to ring these numbers! But we were given the wrong information, we were told there was nothing they could do.
Big shout out to Lloyd, from Department of Child Protection Crisis Care in #WesternAustralia. When I begged you on the telephone for help, you told me that at that time of night there was nothing you could do. You then proceeded to tell me (and then my husband, because I couldn't deal with your shit anymore) to go to the wrong district office in the morning.
My child is Autistic. It shouldn't matter what time it was, For the record it was 7PM Wednesday evening. I was calling because we are beyond our capacity to SAFELY parent a child with a complex disability.
My child remained missing from the home til 1PM the following day.
We still have no support. Thanks.
I cannot tell you how unsurprised and saddened I am by this news.
They chose AUKUS instead of our NDIS. And these are the consequences.
Fuck everything.
As a social scientist long experienced in crime prevention I'd love to bear hug the champs who made this. Evidence based policy and human rights still matter.
@ProudSocialist “The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, … arms and ammunition must never be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.” ~Marx
If you’re outraged over Charlie Kirk’s shooting but can shrug off ICE shooting a woman in the face while she was trying to flee, you’re not principled, you’re in a cult. You’re a hypocrite. Watching that video shook me to my soul.