You can never drop the battle....

https://news.sky.com/story/autistic-teen-girl-locked-up-24-hours-a-day-shes-not-an-animal-says-father-11849347 .   ~Glen Wheeler (who never sends me emails) sent me this, Its important!!

"Out of sight out of mind," you can never drop the battle, we have come a long way but you can't stop and there is always further to go....

I heard Steve Shirley interviewed on the radio two years ago and am a fan, so much has changed for the better for people with autism in the 35+ years i have been volunteering and working, i believe a lot of that is due to serious long term targeted research supported by charities such as hers. There is now a lot more understanding and therefore skills available for all involved. However we need to keep it all visible and maintain care, compassion, appropriate support and dialogue. Oppressive institutions rarely ( i think i mean never) work, I know i worked in one! but it's a challenge for all of us to create and sustain, support something better - this organisation has achieved it...https://www.comae.org.uk/
and we need to hold onto...
"Commitment to an aim within an inappropriate structure will give rise to the creation of an appropriate structure." https://www.dgmlive.com/in-depth/let-the-power-fall

back to Steve Shirley....
(Her) charitable Shirley Foundation is one of the top 50 grant-giving foundations in the UK with well over £50m grants given. It has funded 100 projects that are pioneering by nature, strategic in impact and significant in money terms. This includes three autism charities: Autism at Kingwood (support); Prior’s Court Foundation (education); and Autistica (research) which together employ 1000 staff.
https://www.steveshirley.com/shirley-foundation/


All this brings me back to being impressed by the inclusion and many of the instilled sensitive and thought through background inclusive support structures within XR...
we have had to struggle and fight/petition/protest/ (and now rebel) for most important issues and this is global and about everyone.

https://rebellion.earth/act-now/resources/wellbeing/

"Everyone can feel vulnerable or become vulnerable depending on our personal experiences and the situation in which we find ourselves at any one time.

We are all crew. Always approach problems with others and use the knowledge and skills each person brings. The Don’t Panic team advise you to avoid working alone."