Human
Rights
and
Asperger
Syndrome
How well do you know your rights?
Often when people think of rights abuses and struggles to maintain rights privileges, images of famous people such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King come to mind but the fact is that anyone can be a human rights activist. Thousands of people from a variety of backgrounds submit complaints each year on the basis of discrimination and harassment.
Eleanor
Roosevelt
The first and most important thing you should be aware of is that people with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (AS/HFA) are entitled to the same rights as everybody else.
But what are these rights?
Following from a presentation delivered by Amnesty International at our Parent's day regarding Human Rights Based Approaches, aspire created a number of workshops on the theme of Human Rights and Disability for its members.
Human
Rights
Based
Approaches
(Amnesty
International)
Through publications, reports, advocacy work and lobbying, aspire will continue to ensure that your voice is heard. If you would like to know more about your rights or have a specific query about any of the information contained in this and other sections, please contact Aspire - Email: [email protected]
Each of the following sections below will open onto a new area once clicked. If you are new to the field of Human Rights, we suggest that you read them in the order presented below to get a better understanding of what is involved.
