U-Ephreli inyanga yokuqwashisa kwe-Autism, futhi ngo-Ephreli 2 yiLusuku Lwezokuqwashisa Kwezwe Lomhlaba. Phakathi nenyanga yonke ka-Ephreli, uzozwa mayelana nama-fundraisers ase-autism-oriented, ukuboniswa kwe-autism yokuqaphela, okwenzekayo kwe-autism-friendly, kanye namathuba akhethekile okubona abantu kwi-autism spectrum. Uzoqaphela nokuthi abantu abaningi ababandakanyekile kulezi zinto bagqoke umbala okwesibhakabhaka.
Eqinisweni, ungase uqaphele izakhiwo (kufaka phakathi izithombe eziphezulu ezinkulu zokwakha) "ukukhanyisa okwesibhakabhaka" ngo-Ephreli 2.
Iningi labantu abagubha usuku lwe-Autism Yokuqwashisa noma inyanga akuyona i-autistic. Esikhundleni salokho, bangabazali, abahleli, nabanye abathandayo noma nge-autism. Kodwa ziphi abazimele be-autistic? Ezimweni eziningi, zigwema ngenkuthalo imikhosi.
Impendulo ehlukene kuLusuku nosuku lokuqwashisa kwe-Autism livela ngenxa yomlando wezehlakalo, intando ngemuva kwemicimbi, kanye nabantu ababadala.
Imvelaphi Yokuqwashisa Kwe-Autism
I-Autism, njengoba ixilongwa, ishintshile kakhulu emashumini eminyaka adlule. Emuva ngaphambi kweminyaka yama-1990, i-autism yayingacatshangwa ukuthi iyisifo se-spectrum. Ngakho-ke noma ubani one- diagnosis ye-autism wayenezimpawu ezinzima kakhulu . Ochwepheshe abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi i-autism yayiwumphumela wokuba umzali ompofu; isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo esidumile uBruno Bettelheim wabhala ngokujulile ngalokho ayekubiza ngokuthi "umfriji" wokubeletha .
Umuntu omdala one-autism wayecatshangwa ukuthi udinga ukuhlelwa kwezikhungo.
I-movie ethi "Rain Man," noDustin Hoffman noTom Cruise, inikeza ukuqonda okuhle kwe-autism ngalezo zinsuku. Uhlamvu lukaHoffman luye lwasungulwa ngokuyinhloko empilweni yakhe, naphezu kwamakhono akhe okukhuluma namazwi.
Ukushiya isikhungo kuyinto esabekayo; udinga ukunakekelwa kwesikhathi esigcwele kumfowabo ukuze ahambe ngokuphumelelayo ezweni langaphandle.
Faka uDkt Bernard Rimland. Isazi sezengqondo esinomntwana we-autistic, wabiza inkulumo ethi "umama wesiqandisisi" futhi wadala inhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi i-Autism Society. Ngokusho kwewebhsayithi leNhlangano, i-Autism Society yaqala uhlelo lokuqala lokuqwashisa ezweni lonke ekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Yamukelwa yiCongress ngo-1984. I-autism yokuqwashisa i-Ribbon yenzelwe ngo-1999.
I-Autism ikhuluma nokuqwashisa kwe-Autism
Ngo-2005, i-Autism Speaks yasungulwa. Idalwe futhi ixhasiwe nguBob noSuzanne Wright ocebile kakhulu futhi abanethonya kakhulu (abanomzukulu nge-autism), inhlangano yaba yimbangela enkulu ye-autism-engeyona inzuzo emhlabeni. Ngokuxhumana kwabo okuqinile, ama-Wrights akwazi ukudala izinhlelo zokuqwashisa ze-autism yephrofayela, okufaka:
- Usuku Lwezokuqwashisa Kwezwe Lomhlaba (u-Ephreli 2), olwamukelwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene ngo-2007
- Ukukhanya Kuphakama okwesibhakabhaka, umzamo wamazwe omhlaba wokukhanyisa izakhiwo zezithonjana eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukuze ziqaphele nge-autism
- Amandla Omunye Ka-Mashi, okwenzeka minyaka yonke ngo-Ephreli 2
U-Autism Ukhuluma uthengisa ama-t-shirts ahlaza okwesibhakabhaka, unikeza izinsiza ukuze aqoqe izintshisekelo ekuxhaseni imali noma asebenze izinhlelo ezihlobene ne-autism, futhi ukhuthaze ukuhamba ngemali kanye nemicimbi phakathi nenyanga ka-Ephreli.
Izikhungo ezivela kumamyuziyamu nezindawo zemvelo kuya emitatsheni, izikole, ngisho namabhizinisi ziqhuba imicimbi ekhethekile ngaleso sikhathi.
Imicimbi Eyenzeka Ngenkathi Yokuqwashisa Kwe-Autism
Inyanga Yokuqwashisa I-Autism iphela ngo-Ephreli 2 (ukugwema uSuku luka-April Fool) ngeSuku Lokuqwashisa Kwezwe Lomhlaba. Ngalolosuku, ungalindela ukubona inqwaba eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Abantu abanezingubo ezihlaza okwesibhakabhaka, amakhaya anezibani eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, namaphrofayela akho anesici se-puzzle puzzle azoba yonke indawo. Kuzobe kube nokuthunyelwa kwemidiya ye-autism, izindaba ezikhethekile ngabantu base-autistic, nokukhuthazwa kokuthengiswa okuhambisana nesithonjana se-autism puzzle piece.
Bheka izakhiwo ezibheke ngokukhanya okwesibhakabhaka. Esikhathini esedlule, izakhiwo ezithile zezithonjana eziye zakhanyiswa nge-blue zifaka uMbuso State Building eNew York City, i-Sydney Opera House e-Australia, ne-CN Building eToronto.
Phakathi nenyanga ka-Ephreli uzothola, phakathi kwezinye izinto:
- izinsuku ezikhethekile "ezinomzwelo" ezinsukwini zonke zezindawo, kusukela kumabhayisikobho e-movie kuya kumapaki wokuzijabulisa
- imicimbi yokuqwashisa nge-autism ezikoleni, izikhungo zomphakathi, izibhedlela, nakwezinye izindawo
- ukuhamba ngezimali kanye nezenzakalo kulo lonke elase-United States nangaphezulu
Kungani Wonke Umuntu Angathandi Inyanga Yokuqwashisa Kwe-Autism?
Ngenxa yokuthi i-Autism ikhuluma ibe yinhlangano enkulu futhi eyaziwayo, "ngokuyinhloko" iyinyanga yokuqwashisa nge-autism. Amathelevishini, amathelevoni, ukukhangisa kwe-multimedia, nezinye izinhlobo zokufinyelela kuzo zonke izingxenye zomcimbi.
Kodwa i-Autism ikhuluma iye yaqhubeka-futhi iyaqhubeka nokuba nobudlelwane obungabaza kakhulu nomphakathi we-autism. Bobabili abazimele abazimele kanye namaqembu amaningi wabazali baye babhekana nezinkinga zabo zokubambisana, ukuphatha, kanye nezombono ngezimbangela ze-autism. Ngenkathi ezinye izimpikiswano seziphelile (njengezethulo ze-autism njengamandla amabi abamba izingane ukusuka emotweni), ezinye ziyakhathazeka.
Izimbalwa zezimpikiswano abantu aba nazo nge-Autism Ukhuluma:
- Ngenxa yokuthi iningi lalo likhona, i-Autism Speaks yayingenabo abantu be-autistic ebhodini layo. Ngokuphindaphindiwe abantu abasebenza kakhulu kakhulu baye bahileleka, kepha okungenani oyedwa wasula ngemuva kokuhlala isikhathi esifushane.
- I-Autism Ikhuluma, kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo, iphathelene "nokuphulukisa" ukuthi yiziphi izinto eziningi ezizimele ze-autistic (nabazali abambalwa) abazizwa bezimpawu zomuntu siqu kunokuba "isifo." Ngakho, esikhundleni sokwamukela izingane nabantu abadala nge-autism, i-Autism Ikhuluma ngokuphathelene nokuzilungisa. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, sekuvele izinhlelo eziningi ezisekela abantu abahlala ne-autism-kodwa imizwa emibi isele.
- Indodakazi kaWright, uK Katie, yaqiniseka ukuthi i-autism yendodana yakhe ibangelwa yimigomo. Ngakho-ke, naphezu kwezifundo eziningi ezinkulu, ezibhalwe kahle ngokuphambene nalokho, i-Autism Ikhuluma ibeka imali encane yokucwaninga ukuze iphinde ibambe imishanguzo njengesizathu se-autism. Lokhu kugxile sekudlulile kule ndawo, kodwa kuseyiyona nkinga enkulu.
- Iningi lezinsiza eziningi ezidalwe yi-Autism Speaks azihloselwe abantu abane-autism, kodwa kubazali babo nemindeni yabo.
Indlela engcono yokuqwashisa kwe-autism yi-Acism Acceptance
Ukuze silwe nomqondo wokuthi i-autism yisitha-futhi ukugubha izipho eziyingqayizivele zabantu base-autistic-amaqembu amaningana wokukhuthaza ama-autism adala imikhosi ehlukile ebizwa nge-Autism Acceptance Month. Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-Autism Acceptance Month:
Phakathi Nenyanga Inyanga Yokuvuma, sigxile ukwabelana ngolwazi oluhle, oluhloniphayo nolunembile mayelana ne-autism nabantu base-autistic.
Inyanga Yokwamukela I-Autism ikhuthaza ukwamukelwa nokugubha abantu base-autistic njengamalungu omndeni, abangani, ofunda nabo, osebenza nabo kanye namalungu omphakathi enza iminikelo ebalulekile emhlabeni wethu. I-Autism yinto ehlukile yemvelo yomuntu, futhi sonke singakha umhlaba owamagugu, ohlanganisa, futhi ugubha zonke izinhlobo zezingqondo.
Ngokuphazima kweso, inyanga ye-Autism Acceptance iphathelene nokuphatha abantu base-autistic ngenhlonipho, ukulalela lokho esikushoyo ngathi, nokwenza samukeleke emhlabeni.
Emindenini eminingi, ikakhulukazi labo abazuzwa noma izinhlelo zokusekela ku-Autism Ekhuluma, Inyanga Yokuqwashisa I-Autism kuyisenzakalo esibaluleke kakhulu. Kulabo abanombono ohlukile we "neurodiverse", noma kunjalo, i-Autism Acceptance ingase ibe yisinqumo esingcono.