Improving Understanding, Cooperation and Justice between all Humans, with Autistics
(Editor and speaker : Eric LUCAS) 406 mots, 2’57” Ladies and gentlemen members of the Committee, thanks a lot for your help. Regarding autism, here are the main deficiencies of the French state : – The absence of “Correct Consideration of Autism Everywhere”, via corrections in the socio-generated environment and in social procedures and behaviors. Ce Read More …
(Writer and speaker : Eric LUCAS) Oral statement for the UN CRPD Committee about deinstitutionalisation in France in the framework of the online regional consultations with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations – May 25, 2021 – Video of the live recording of this statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOen2DYcd2U Video of the French version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWB8RyJ5RGM Dear Members Read More …
Oral statement by our autistic colleague Erich Kofmel from Autistic Minority International, who is striving to defend the autistics at the UN and WHO in Geneva : Source on the website on the United Nations : http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CRPD/Shared Documents/1_Global/INT_CRPD_OCR_19_26968_E.doc More actions by Autistic Minority International : http://www.autisticminority.org/united-nations-conferences/
(DRAFT article by Eric LUCAS) I have had the great luck of participating to the first national forum of autistics in Brazil, from the 22th until the 24th of september 2016, organized by Abraça in the city of Fortaleza. “The autistics do not deserve to be rejected just because they are persons who have a “strange” behaviour…” Read More …
For Russian language, scroll down On the 12th February 2016 has been organized a conference about autism, in Almaty (Kazakhstan), by a local organization of parents of autistics (Pioneer / Love World), especially by a mother (Zhanna) of an autistic boy (Alibek). Here are the various documents available : The text of Eric LUCAS’ presentation Read More …
Invited at the mhGAP forum 2015 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Eric LUCAS (as an autistic “expert user”) has been able to give testimonies and points of view in various meetings and discussions during these two days. For confidentiality reasons and other reasons, not all of his statements can be published, but here is a statement Read More …
On june 30th and july 1st 2015 was organized the annual conference ‘Volunteerism – Avenue for social transformation” at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Below is an oral statement made by Eric LUCAS, about autism and volunteering : Backup link : in case the audio player above does not work on your system, right-click Read More …
On June 18 2015, Eric LUCAS gave some explanations during a conference about education at the United Nations (at the Palais des Nations in Geneva), presided by Mr. Kishore SINGH (UN Special Rapporteur on education). Here is the audio recording : Backup link : in case the audio player above does not work on your system, right-click HERE and Read More …
This little speech was written by the members of the Autistic Alliance in charge of the file, and delivered by Eric LUCAS to the members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in Geneva, the 8 June 2015. (sorry for the poor audio quality) For more information, see http://allianceautiste.org/wp/2015/06/audition-comite-droits-enfant-onu-2015/
Intervention at UNESCO by Eric LUCAS (Autism Alliance) représentant Autistic Minority International, with the very exceptional kind permission of the NGO Liaison Committee (17/12/14) Below, recording of simultaneous translation into English (at times approximate, due to diction a little too fast) : (if this player does not work, Click here) Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this Read More …
For the original speech in English, please scroll down to the text in blue A l’occasion du “World Mental Health Day” in the presence of Mr SAXENA, Mr YASAMI, and other mental health program leaders. My intervention is a bit “chaotic” (lack of preparation and sleep – I wrote a good part of it Read More …
Main speech of Eric LUCAS : Ladies and gentlemen, It’s not easy for me to speak like this in public, because I’m autistic. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. But I agreed to give my testimony today at the United Nations because of the way mental health laws are applied in France. Twenty years ago, Read More …