Dublin or Bust!

Welcome back to the Audacious Aspie! Today, we continue our adventure across Ireland, discovering what they have to offer for those of us on the spectrum (so far, they’ve joined the fad of having an autism society). But what does their autism society have to offer, and what else do they have other than the society? That is what we are going to find out.

 

Before we move along an interesting fact: the Irish Society for Autism is a “founder” (I assume they mean, founding, right?) member of “Autism Europe and the World Autism Organization” (Paragraph 3). The Irish Society for Autism Executive Director, Pat (A very Irish name) Matthews was the World Autism Organization’s first president. Quite the achievement. Now, I don’t usually focus on the policies of these organizations, something caught my eye about this one's policy, something very...democratic, and progressive.

 

I tried to find a picture of socially progressive images. But all that came up was business-type progress images. Think there is a subtle message?

 

They came up with their own Charter of Rights for Persons with Autism. What does the charter have? Will, they don’t go into much detail, sadly. But from what I could get, it was co-written by Pat-Matthews (see above) on Thursday, May 9th, 1996. The charter affects both children AND adults on the spectrum in Europe only (could use one in the West, especially in these times). It states “people with autism should have the same rights enjoyed by all EU citizens” (Paragraph 5). Basically your run of the mill charter.

 

Pretty cool right? To think, a whole spectrum, with its own charter. I can think of a couple of other minorities who might need their own charter. That's about it for this group, but what an interesting group though eh? Next up: our last foray into Ireland, before moving on. Who knows what we will find! Until than, this continues to be, the Audacious Aspie.  

 

Sources used:

https://autism.ie/the-charter-of-rights-for-persons-with-autism/