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Autism, Anxiety and COVID-19
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“I used to be the carer. Now I’m not sure which of us is the carer and which is the one being cared for.” Just as the current pandemic has made the significant gaps in Canada's social safety net only too apparent, the same can be seen in other developed countries. This story from Wales is about a 93-year-old mother and her son who has an intellectual disability, as they struggle to support each other during these challenging times.
'We feel a little forgotten': Welsh mother, 93, on the broken care system
www.theguardian.com
Barbara MacArthur talks about struggle of caring for disabled son after Guardian letter goes viralThis makes me nervous for her son. It would seem it is time to seek a setup that will support him after she is gone. I’d be working towards that now, so that he has a routine and a place to live when she inevitably dies. It must be such a worry for her and I hope she gets the help she needs.
"When I started a new job in January, my greatest fear was navigating the company's imposing coffee maker. I chose a time when the kitchen was relatively empty — there were a handful of employees perched at the counter — to approach my nemesis. I reached for the filter and tugged on its handle. It didn't budge. I pulled harder – nothing happened. What do I pull now? What piece do I touch? Everyone saw me approach this machine, I'd better leave with coffee. It had been an exhausting morning of explaining away my lack of coffee to my coworkers. 'No, I'm just not a coffee person,' I'd insisted.I whipped around, ready to be met with judgment and confused giggles from my observers. But they were engaged in conversation and hadn't noticed my presence at all.
I opted for water instead and perched at the counter with a plastic cup. That's when one of my fellow employees looked up.
'I like your rings,' she said.
'Thanks,' I responded. 'I made them.'"
www.msn.com
For years, I avoided unfamiliar activities, fearing judgment and ridicule from my peers. Then I realized that no one was watching."I thought why don't I use my walker to try to complete a marathon by walking up and down my street every day."
A nine-year-old boy in the U.K. with the dual diagnosis of cerebral palsy and autism has raised the equivalent of almost $150,000 Canadian to help a children's hospital and his own school.
Boy, 9, with cerebral palsy completes marathon on his walker
www.cnn.com
A 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and autism has raised $100,000 for charity after completing a marathon up and down his street using a walker.A response from Social Development Minister Shane Simpson to the mother who was interviewed on CBC Radio yesterday about the tremendous difficulty she has had over the last two years trying to get adult supports in place for her non-verbal autistic daughter.
自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
ACT in Punjabi
ACT has been able to both create and identify valuable resources for the Punjabi-speaking community in British Columbia.
View Punjabi-language Resources