Disability Issues and the CBC
Filed Under (Media) by Estee on 18-01-2013
I am finding myself listening to CBC Radio One every morning. I would like to applaud the CBC for dealing with one of Canada’s most pressing human rights issues – that is the stigma of people categorized with “mental illness,” “autism,” and “people with disabilities” as the most devalued of our citizens. I hope for continued coverage on legal, policy, attitudinal and inclusion issues and listening to the perspectives of the disabled in our community, and allies coming from a critical disability perspective.
ESTÉE KLAR
I loved the dandelion model. Thanks for sharing this.
I think we have to trouble the model, actually. If you read my previous post, you can see how there can be an abuse of autistic individuals based on some of Sonne’s comments. Although I applaud the efforts and think he should continue to build, I can see others construing the notion that autistic people are robotic automotons who can “perservere” at work where others cannot. In part for some tasks this may be true. Yet, the notion can lead to over-working the person with autism. We have to continue to discuss these issues rigorously.
I was speaking of other comments on the show. I am not disputing the lovely dandelion metaphor.