Today was our carry over meeting from last Saturday. As I was away, the meeting was brought forward to today.
At our meeting we discussed how and where the NDIS would affect us and how it can also help us. I am continually frustrated at how little is being done or in fact anything for persons with disabilities. Those of us on low incomes with a disability seem to be getting nothing and yet having to pay a levy for something which does not support us. If you are a person with a disability and on a low income, there is virtually no support and services. For instance nothing exists within the accommodation areas and we are being more or less forced to exist within a society which is not compatible with us. At the risk of sounding to many as though I am perhaps deluded and unrealistic, I just think more needs to be done.
The good thing is that at today's meetings adults had a chance to put in their concerns and issues which urgently need addressing. With so many children and people becoming diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum, the world cannot continue to ignore the growing realities of Autism. Instead it seems to want to force us to just accept the status quo and think that our problems will go away. The only real problem is ignorance and a lack of awareness which needs to be overcome. Next Saturday is our meeting with Jane Prentice and it would be good if as many adults as possible could attend this meeting. We need your support!
Apart from our serious side, we also have a fun side. We can be ourselves and not have to conform within the pressures of conformity that are forced upon us daily. We can be ourselves and talk about things which concern our every day lives. In fact today's meeting was a lot of fun but perhaps different to our sister group in New Zealand. They seem to get up to a lot more activities than we do. We still find within the world that Autism creates a barrier where people want to avoid us more so than understand us. We are told we suffer, need to be cured and are somehow devious just for being who we are. Hopefully things will change in the weeks, months and years ahead?
Please stay tuned to this blog and my youtube channel for more awareness and updates. Below is today's video clip which I briefly did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNMbACtXb4
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At our meeting we discussed how and where the NDIS would affect us and how it can also help us. I am continually frustrated at how little is being done or in fact anything for persons with disabilities. Those of us on low incomes with a disability seem to be getting nothing and yet having to pay a levy for something which does not support us. If you are a person with a disability and on a low income, there is virtually no support and services. For instance nothing exists within the accommodation areas and we are being more or less forced to exist within a society which is not compatible with us. At the risk of sounding to many as though I am perhaps deluded and unrealistic, I just think more needs to be done.
The good thing is that at today's meetings adults had a chance to put in their concerns and issues which urgently need addressing. With so many children and people becoming diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum, the world cannot continue to ignore the growing realities of Autism. Instead it seems to want to force us to just accept the status quo and think that our problems will go away. The only real problem is ignorance and a lack of awareness which needs to be overcome. Next Saturday is our meeting with Jane Prentice and it would be good if as many adults as possible could attend this meeting. We need your support!
Apart from our serious side, we also have a fun side. We can be ourselves and not have to conform within the pressures of conformity that are forced upon us daily. We can be ourselves and talk about things which concern our every day lives. In fact today's meeting was a lot of fun but perhaps different to our sister group in New Zealand. They seem to get up to a lot more activities than we do. We still find within the world that Autism creates a barrier where people want to avoid us more so than understand us. We are told we suffer, need to be cured and are somehow devious just for being who we are. Hopefully things will change in the weeks, months and years ahead?
Please stay tuned to this blog and my youtube channel for more awareness and updates. Below is today's video clip which I briefly did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNMbACtXb4
