Fighting for the rights of the non-speaking
Joncour, N. (2023). Fighting for the rights of the non-speaking. In The Routledge International Handbook of Disability Human Rights Hierarchies (pp. 129-133). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003410089-11
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The lives of autistic people are already hard, but they become even harder when one is non-verbal. The author, an autistic French student, has dyspraxia, which prevents him from speaking and means he needs a full-time assistant. In the chapter, he describes the obstacles he has encountered and the obstacles that prevent other non-speaking autistic people from realizing their desires. The discrimination suffered by non-verbal autistic persons comes from the establishment of a hierarchy between those who can express themselves orally and those who cannot, who are then infantilized. Against all these discriminations, there is a civic movement that rises, attracted by a desire to get equal rights efficiently. Through the spectrum of independent living, striving to save our dignity, our right to education, and our right to choose a life of our own must be a priority.
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