Hey everyone! I am able to represent the United States at the European International Autism Congress in Zagreb Croatia on March 14-15th 2019 . I will be speaking and presenting.
The good news is, I am covered for registration and accommodations all in one.
In order for me to afford the plane ticket from the East Coast Mid-Atlantic region, daily kos website user JamieG from Maryland recommended me to post this.
This conference is very important for me because I know I can make the world a better place filled with justice and trustworthy empathy for those invisible to a human institutional system that does not fairly work for equal maximum possible social respect and personal responsibility respect. People do not understand Autism and its many types/subtypes because of lack of education, resources, and life experience about why it is a painful struggle even though Autism does not make a person born bad or inherently lazy, selfish, or knowing nothing about hard work ethic to earn respect.
Autism is a pediatric neurodevelopmental difference in neurocognitive linguistic programing processes. Toxic environments or genetic complications can exacerbate the severity of those struggling with autism. However, Autism itself is not because of brain damage or pathological processes. Furthermore, comorbid conditions or mental health that are clinically silently blunted/blocked because of how autism makes it difficult to use, process, and understand emotions internalized makes it very difficult to be intervened therapeutically.
Through my own resources, therapists, mindfulness, meditation, and breathing pranayama yoga practices since being diagnosed in medical school, I graduated when people felt my struggles were too impossible to overcome. I got accepted into Family Medicine Spanish speaking special needs oriented patient care residency. Even though I am in a transition about my future because of how patient care has gotten so complicatedly burning out corrupted, and the lack of preparation in the neurotypical health professional working institutional training-teaching system, I have made it to a better place in life, with much less suffering and struggling painfully/punishingly.
Ruby Bridges, Harvey Milk, Sister Souljah, Temple Grandhin, Helen Keller, Marli Maitlin, and Maya Angelou refused to quit no matter how harsh, cynical, or cruelly painfully punishingly their struggle for justice and empathy was. I feel empowered by refusing to quit and to bring global change to all those with autism so they are seen as real-life everyday Mr. Rogers Neighbors or Sesame Street Elmo’s world children who not want to fail by fearing punishment.