Tag: Deprivation of liberty

[in][fr] Testimony and explanations about autism by Eric LUCAS to the WHO (World Health Organization), on october 10 2014, Geneva

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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 …

[in] Testimony about the forced hospitalisation of autistics by Eric LUCAS, to the UN (United Nations) Human Right Committee, on july 16 2014, Geneva

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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 …