Here is my proposal for a change in the equality act to include Neurodiversity as protected characteristic !
Here is my proposal for a change in the equality act to include Neurodiversity as protected characteristic !
Welcome again.....and perhaps you could cut and paste your other post for context in here too.
I'll leave you alone now - I'm feeling like a right frigging busybody = not how I want nor intend to project myself.
In terms of the point you raise, I'm afraid that my feelings are aligned with the wise words of Plastic on this type of matter - ie we must be VERY careful just how many "special interest" groups we try to define and then offer legal protections and safeguards to for fear of such mechanisms becoming meaningless by their universality. I'm not sure how one would set about defining "neuro diversity" for the purpose you want it for. Just my opinion.
Best wishes for your feedback from others.
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Thank you yes this is tremendously useful feedback.
Neurodiversity in this context is a subset of Biodiversity.
The goal is to protect not only disabled people but also people whose environment is disabling them and who might not perceive themselves as disabled.
It also should raise awareness about traits and triggers within the environment. Which is why I ask for an intersectional approach to disability and relationship to the environment be it physical cultural social economic or political.
Understood, I just think the complexity and universality of these issues (both for NT and ND folk) render the proposition unweildy. But again, I do wish you well and admire your pursuit of your own convictions.
Spot on. Apologies if I can't explain myself better but as this relates to lived experience it is very hard to abstract.
It seems really hard to manage when there is covert abuse and gossip and people getting targeted.
Forgive me, I don't understand the point you are making..."what" seems really hard to manage?...and "who" is getting targeted, and targeted for what?
It seems that The Flower Umbrella is referring to the difficulty of dealing with people secretly starting demeaning rumours against one or more others ~ as a means to socially segregate, humiliate and violate them psychologically or also physiologically, for the sake of decreasing their target's credibility and thereby further increasing their own as a powerful individual or group of individuals.
It seems really hard to manage when there is covert abuse and gossip and people getting targeted.
Forgive me, I don't understand the point you are making..."what" seems really hard to manage?...and "who" is getting targeted, and targeted for what?
It seems that The Flower Umbrella is referring to the difficulty of dealing with people secretly starting demeaning rumours against one or more others ~ as a means to socially segregate, humiliate and violate them psychologically or also physiologically, for the sake of decreasing their target's credibility and thereby further increasing their own as a powerful individual or group of individuals.
Spot on. Apologies if I can't explain myself better but as this relates to lived experience it is very hard to abstract.