Tania Melnyczuk
Concepts
We make choices based on our understanding of concepts. My Concepts posts deal with abstract and complex concepts and with the axioms, tenets, paradigms, principles and values enmeshed with, derived from and inherent to them.Â
Random acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness are no replacement for consistent acts of justice.
I don’t want to diss or discourage random acts of kindness. A random act of kindness can save or radically change someone’s life, and if it is all you ever do with your spare time, then you’re doing a darn side more than most people.Â
But random acts of kindness alone can’t change the systems that produce the dire circumstances that inspire most random acts of kindness. That’s because they’re random rather than focused.
Focused, consistent action doesn’t provide the dopamine rush of random acts of kindness. But focused, consistent action changes systems.Â
Consistent acts of justice change the world.
If you’re in the autism industry, you have a responsibility
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. —
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor
Kingswood College in the 1980s: A glimpse into our dissonant past
I had my legs, which have lipolymphoedema, judged by the first team rugby boys at school. The school made it compulsory.