These days we are sending out invitations in emails to ask people with various expertise but shared commitment towards the promotion of self-advocacy.
Let me kick off the discourse with one simple question:
Why is self-advocacy needed? Why can it be not replaced by other forms of advocacy? Why shall persons with disabilities speaking up for themselves/ourselves be in the forefront/center of the larger disability rights movement?
Let us make a brain storming on these questions. Your contribution is essential, you can do that through commenting on this blog entry.
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First I'd like to share, I was honored to meet you Mr.Gombos and was looking forward to meeting Amita but we always have that next time.
ReplyDeleteSelf-advocacy is very important... For many years we have had consumer movements headed by non-consumers whatever it is that term consumer means...
Simply as John McCuthy said at the conference... We have to be on the forefront because we speak from the heart and it's our stories and we are telling them... The black movement would not have succeeded if it was led by A Caucasian. SO in the same respect and empowered by the CRPD we need to clearly articulate how we have and how we continue to be violated... We want to say no to guardianship when the right to legal capacity is revoked... We want the right to self determination respected.
Madness is not an illness, We can embrace madness without borders, which is priceless and doesn't violate human rights for persons with disabilities.
Abdul Maalik formerly Jeff Makana
Kenya@mindfreedom.org
www.mindfreedomkenya.interconnection.org