‘Look at us and accept us’: Monkaton becomes 1 Canadian city to lift the neurodiversity flag

On Monday, a large blue and purple flag was lifted at the city hall in Monkton, Caroline Jose smiling under it, hand in hand with his 15 -year -old son, Louis.

Jose has a focus deficit activation disorder and his son, Louis Habert Chetlen, Autistics and also ADHD.

The reason for the two is that Canada’s first neurodiversity Pride Flag was picked up in New Breanswick.

“It seemed that I belonged to a community that I had never felt before,” Jose said. “That’s what I wanted, so it’s very important to me.”

The flag was flown in honor of a white kite and small endless signs on its tail Neurodiversity Pride Day,

Celebrated worldwide on 16 June, it promotes pride and acceptance for those who have neurodiors brain types, which are reflected in conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia and others.

“There is a great need to educate the public and the government,” Jose said, who is also a national coordinator for the day for Canada. “If we can have a voice that is actually loud and integrated, it will be great.”

Jose and his son are part of a global movement that began in the Netherlands in 2018.

For the first time, Canada joined more than 60 Other countries It recognizes the day to raise awareness about the contribution and needs of the neurodynas people.

For Hébert Chatelain, seeing a flag in your hometown is a first step to understand better by people outside your community.

“(People) should not only look at the weak points of neurodivocates, but should also look at their strong points and accept more people,” said the student of école le sommet. “They are simply able to be as capable. It’s just that they have some obstacles that make them stronger once it goes through it.”

‘Understand what we need’

This year as part of the Canadian events for neurodiversity Pride Day, Jose hosted what is known as a game jam – an online event where participants try to make a video game from scratch.

Neurodivers made nine video games, which players can access online for free. All sports reality representatives represent part of people who experience in everyday life.

Jose said that especially a game transferred it. It is called Speak is not easy And it allows people to experience how to communicate with a non-oral person.

“This allowed me to reflect my position towards neurodivargins,” she said. “I learned by playing … I think it’s very powerful.”

The game follows the conversation with someone with the goal of learning the avatar, named George, which is later discovered by the players.

She hopes that such initiatives that are led by neurodivargent people will help help in their experiences and their brain function.

Jose said that it is also working to register a non-profit in the Monkton region which will be a center of experts on the matter. Its goal is to create a place where governments can ask questions about neurodiversity, and can consider people like their son while writing future policies.

“That is the future,” Jose said. “Having her with me simply reminds me that we do for her in the end, for the youth, so they can thrive.”

For Hebert Chetlen, he said that he is happy to see his mother’s hard work, which he hopes that he will become a national movement.

“She does for me,” she said. “Since we have removed it, I can enjoy it with it.”