Published on 12, July, 2020
I promised to do this a while ago, and now I'm finally getting around to it. The petition will be on petition.parliament.uk. The character counts are extremely limited, so it was difficult to provide the needed information in the available space. Please let me know what you think of the text below, because this is for all of us and not just me. Note that the information I have provided (see the links) is also from a government website, so they can't really refute that.
The title of the petition is:
Make neurodiversity a separate protected characteristic.
The background I have written is:
Neurodivergent individuals, e.g. those with autism or Tourette's, often suffer discrimination due to their condition, whether or not their condition amounts to a disabilty. Making neurodiversity a protected characteristic in itself, separate from disability, would be a step in the right direction.
Here are the additional details I have written:
Neurodivergent individuals are denied both fair treatment and mental health services at a higher rate than in the general population. As a result, the unemployment and suicide rates in the neurodivergent group are disproportionately higher as well. Presently, they are obliged to prove that their condition amounts to a disability in order to be legally protected from the discrimination and mistreatment to which they so often fall victim. Further info: tinyurl.com/y829k3oh & tinyurl.com/yavfxmod.
PS I need 5 emails addresses for supporters of the petition, so if anyone is a UK citizen and willing to "officially" support the petition, please PM me. I can likely get some from people I know, but maybe not all five that I need (I don't know many people).
Thanks.
(Edited based on comments received)
How far did this get? I am trying to do the same but from an intersectional perspective.
Here is my petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633587/sponsors/new?token=oarwvjbWIElOFB2V7Fp1
This post looks suspiciously like a bot? You give no details of what "your" petition is nor what it is for.....and if one does follow your link, the only information I can readily see is that it says "sign Luisa Pires's petition."
If you want help from "us" lot, we require explanations. You are in the home of independent and cautionary thinking people here. My money is on the bot hypothesis - this is your first and only post - ever.
Sentinel Number.
PS...To any real humans that find this, it's lovely to stumble upon wise and pithy wisdom from Plastic below....God rest his glorious soul....while hunting bots in the long grass!
My story :
I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety at 15 and never really realised my triggers until I was pushed to an extreme to get an institution to make accommodations for me. It completely distorted my sense of self because I never thought of myself as disabled ... The environment I was in ( mostly social environment where extreme bullying was occurring ) was the problem. So I believe that by understanding Neurodiversity as protected characteristic we are deeply looking at ones relationship to their environment. I have some autistic traits but never thought of myself as autistic or neurodivergent just neurodiverse like the rest of the human beings on this planet who given certain maladaptive environments and social behaviours can develop depression and anxiety and PTSD.
So I hope to start a conversation and happy to hear feedback and different views on the topic.
Sorry for perceiving your post as "bot-like.". I have no problem with any human, but have a pathological hatred of bots and spam.
May I suggest that you start your own new thread with this subject matter - probably on the adult forum.
Again, please accept my sincere apology for your gruff and unfriendly "first encounter" on these pages. Every human opinion or human-generated topic is welcome in this place, most especially considering the backstory and context that you have now kindly indicated.
Welcome - and I hope you receive plenty of feedback on this matter.
Kind regards, Number.