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I remember, when I was in public school, I had a class on
the founding of this country, on the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States of America. They
are filled with words, words that mean wonderful things.
| "We the People of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the
general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America." |
| Constitution of the United States
of America |
| "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." |
| Declaration of Independence of the
Thirteen Colonies |
These words mean as much today as the day they were penned
more than 200 years ago. How then can it be that such promises
by men and women of honor can be broken by so many in power
and in every day life. The discrimination and abuse that occurs
to people on the spectrum is rampant; and what is our crime
that brings such suffering down upon us? It is that we are
born different. We are not sick in need of cures, mentally
ill in need of drugs except to help us combat the discrimination
and abuse others have heaped upon us, nor are we disabled
in need of pity!
We are different in need of acceptance
of who we are; who our genetics make us.
I ask nothing more than to be met half way, and even this
appears to be too much for the so-called "normal masses"
(or, as many call them, NTs) to give. Even the Spectrum societies
that are created to help us overcome the discrimination, abuse
and hate of these NTs are themselves staffed by NTs; their
boards rarely have even one member on them who is not an NT.
They seem to ignore all but the children, hoping that if they
just get to them early enough that can make them "normal",
and in these attempts, some children have died.
Others are even working on ways to detect the "abnormal genes"
of a child of the spectrum so they can be aborted: in my opinion
a form of genocide. They seem to think that if I were given
a choice of this life or no life, I would have chosen no life.
That is just not the case. I admit that the life I have has
been hell (a hell of NT design), but even that life is better
than no life at all. And I have found some happiness with
my wife (also an Aspie) and pets.
Some people might wonder, if it were possible to go back
and be born an NT, would I do it? The answer is easy, no.
I could never want to be a member of the group that seems
so determined to make my life and the lives of others on the
spectrum a living hell. I say now, for all to hear, the
discrimination and abuse must end!
I refuse to take it any longer! No longer will I stand and
take the abuse that is so easily dished out by NTs - and neither
should any other Aspie. We have civil rights spelled out in
the Constitution of the United States of America. Rights our
Aspie forefathers (and mothers) shed blood so that we could
be free. We have the Americans with Disabilities Act and we
should not let NTs forget it.
We need to start letting Mr. and Mrs.
NT America know that we are going to stand up and fight for
our birthright; our civil rights!
Gray Skys
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Civil Rights