UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities
ARTICLE 15
Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his or her free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
- States Parties shall take all effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others, from being subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Nothing About Us Without Us
From the blog
Working definition of autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability—in other words, it’s about how our nervous system has developed.
They take up beds
“They brought this upon themselves. They don’t deserve to get care.” I used to think like this.
When you’re autistic, they try to kill your questions
A core feature of being autistic is enquiry, i.e. searching for understanding; asking why. ABA is designed to wipe out the why.