Whether you have an official diagnosis of autism or manipulation that you could be in the spectrum, you are invited to a happy hour on Wednesday.
The happy time for adults with autism starts at 4 pm April 23 and will give those present to socialize without the stigma, according to the sponsors of the Fraser event, a provider of autism and services for mental health at an early age, and Schela Brundh, a local business owner and mother of three children who are in the spectrum.
“We invite all the hardworking, autistic adults, paid by taxes at a happy hour to celebrate us and to light light on our success and our achievements,” said Brundh, who was recently diagnosed with autism, nodding the latest comments by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.
“Autism is destroying families,” Kennedy said this week after announcing that health and human services will determine the cause of autism by September.
“These are children who will never pay taxes. They will never take a job. They will never play baseball. They will never write a poem. They will never go out to a date. Many of them will never use a toilet without help,” he told a press conference at HHS in Washington, DC
“It’s wrong and harmful,” Brundhj said. “What he does is a potential restriction or elimination of profit potential for people who have autism.”
Approximately 1 in 31 American children have autism, according to discoveries this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “At one point, this will be 1 in 31 adults,” said Brundi, who also hosted a work fair for the spectrum.
„Тези подвеждащи теории увековечават вредната стигма, застрашават общественото здраве и разсейват от критичните нужди на общността на аутизма, включително достъп до качествена грижа, ранна намеса, услуги за възрастни, приобщаващо образование и дългосрочна подкрепа“, казва Кристофър Банкс, президент и изпълнителен директор на Американското общество на Америка, в съобщение, насочено към изявленията на Кенеди.
“For us to fight the negative stereotype, who (Kennedy) is just depicted, we have to get together and show people what autism looks like,” Brundh said.
“If he wonders how successful adults and children with autism look like, he can come to Cottage Grove,” she said. “He has an open invitation to my house.”
The event on Wednesday, especially at home to Brundi, as she recently received her own diagnosis for autism. “It was such a relief to understand that I have autism as an adult. He also explains so much,” she said.
Signs
Having three children in the spectrum, Brundi knows the signs of autism better than most, but actor Bella Ramsay inspired her to test, she said.
The Star of the Last of us, a popular video -based series that sees the world devastated by a parasitic sponge, Ramsey was diagnosed while working in the show.
During the shooting of the first season of the show, a crew member with an autistic daughter suggested that Ramsay was also in the spectrum, “by putting them on a trip, which ended in an official psychiatric evaluation and diagnostics,” Vogue reports.
Autism is presented in many ways, including avoiding eye contact, fighting in social situations, with strong interests and experiencing sensory problems, to name several.
Ramsay told Vogue that being on the autistic spectrum improves their acting because of how vigilant they are from other people. Being on the set is also beneficial to them because of the structured routine and clear expectations for what they need to carry and how to act.
Autist racer “survived”
Aigon Eva Erickson’s born competes in the current Survivor season as the first open autistic competitor of the show.
When she was diagnosed as a child, Erickson shared that her parents were told that she would never live independently or to have a job and that she may mostly hope to marry another person with autism.
Not only is she competing in one of the most intensive reality shows, Erickson pursues her PhD at the Brown Engineering School, where he is also captain of the Hockey Men’s Club.
Initially, Erickson shared her diagnosis only with a triban, which she thought she could trust, but she chose to reveal her to the other athletes after she became extremely shaken during a challenge and fell into an episode of sternum and crying.
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“I have never looked at my autism as a road blocking of success. This is not something to work around. It’s just a part of who I am. There’s nothing wrong with that,” she said. “Anyone with autism should not be ashamed to ask for help and are ashamed to get it.”
Happy Hour for adults with autism
When: 16 to 6pm Wednesday, April 23
Where: Renaissance Hotel Minneapolis, landfill on 225 3 Avenue S., Minneapolis
RSVP: http://pipr.es/3nt5uyj