Would you participate in a project to provide an Aspergian/Au Island/Homeland and what would you be prepared to do?
In considering this please imagine this project showing signs of being taken seriously by others and not just as a dream and progress being made. (which isn't happening right now I know)
Progress is being made, just very very very very very very slowly.
I estimate that we can get a charity setup within 12 months and then can start raising money.
I would most likly contribute time and money but I would want to see the plans in a more concrete form as to how to make it a acheivable, at the moment although it is nice and reassuring to go through ideas for what it will look like and what it will be like especially is going to be true once more and more complex hurdles have to be crossed, of which getting the actual charity set up is just one, this is a long project and it helps to remind oneself of the end goal of it all in order to help us reach it.
I also think we need to set ourselves up a series of individual easy to acheieve milestone goals we agree on as well as the main final goal, this should help to keep the whole plan on track and also make a good way for to ensure we can costantly show ourselves and our donors that the plan is acheivable, on track and going as planned.
By the way gareth re the charity thing have you looked into the restrictions there apparently seams to be on charities storing and holding assets, not to meantion the fact that a charity unlike a CIC I think is prohibited from running business dealings or being involved in certain investments, as the charity ends up with greater amounts stored in the bank that could be limiting, well planned and thought out investments done with professional advice may help to raise the money quicker.
Nonono, you are taking this all wrong. Try this:
1. Get an autistic architect
2. After having basic plans and a location, try contacting rich autistic people.
3. etc.
My point is: There are enough autistic people to do this. We should rely on our own people
IMEHO...
I voted no because I would rather have the support to live in a natural, neurodiverse environment. Based on my experience of life I have no reason to suppose that life would be ideal for me in a 100% Aspie community and every reason to suppose that I would miss NT company. And how would you accommodate all the different languages spoken by Aspies around the world?
Nonono, you are taking this all wrong. Try this:
1. Get an autistic architect
2. After having basic plans and a location, try contacting rich autistic people.
3. etc.
My point is: There are enough autistic people to do this. We should rely on our own people
well, it sounds like a nice idea... but i don't think they'd really contribute =(
Other.
It depends on where it is.
If I like the location I'd contribute time, money, and then some (provided you can wait a few years until I'm down with college for my participation).
If I don't, well, I'd probably do the own thing, though I may contribute some effort to the concept.
As I mentioned on the thread where I proposed Mexico, I don't like small islands for several reasons, and certainly wouldn't want to move to one.
Given that aspies exist all over the world, I think it wouldn't really be feasible to have only one aspie homeland as it would be so hard to get agreement as to where to have it. Even if you were looking at doing one per country, it could still get tricky. That said, if one were being created in Australia, I'd be interested in getting involved somehow.
I don't think it will work.
A. we are not a race of people, we are differently wired people so a homeland is kind of pointless.
B. How is getting a homeland helping anything, if anything it makes it seem like we want to be cut off from the rest of humanity. "Give us support for our problems, give us money for schooling, therapy etc, oh by the way now we are going to our homeland where we don't need you anymore, or at least, till we get back."
C. As far as I know, if you buy an island you don't suddenly get the chance to create your own society, you are still subject to the government and sovereign who's waters the island lies in.
I put Yes - Other because I think that it is important to first address the goals within the broader society (such as helping autistics not be homeless, fight employment discrimination, improve access to good education, de-institutionalization, positive media portrayals, etc.). I think it is a nice idea, though I think I would prefer to have a city or area of a city be an autistic-friendly, predominantly autistic-residents area. That way we could elect city officials that actually represent our interests, and work on community programs for things like socializing, job training, and such things. It feels more tangible to me, and it wouldn't be so radical as starting from scratch in creating infrastructure and local government.
However, while such a project (whether a city, island, portion of city, etc.) would be really exciting and positive, I think there are better uses of funds that would go toward this. Not to say that it's not a worthy goal, just that I think other issues need to be addressed first. (After all, spending money to educate employers and/or lobby for a law to fight discrimination against autistics seeking employment would help autistics nationwide, not just those who can go to live in the island/city/whatever place.)
BTW, I realize that an island would also provide autistic-friendly governing and programs and the like. I just feel like that's too much a physical departure. If we had a city, a town, something like that, then it wouldn't feel so much like we're separating from the society. I think it also would be more palatable to the general public, as they wouldn't feel like we're being overly seperatist. I also think it would have more appeal to some autistics who otherwise would reject the idea because of the seperatest feelings.
Realistically, acceptance and awareness is better than a superfluous expensive island.
Besides, think about it. Most people have had bad history with NT's, what about the extremists. Having a place glorifying what they hate is just going to be a magnet for attack.
You don't need your own country to have your own society
If four marshes were a country, it would get bogged down very easily.