The potential of us

Hello there! Thanks for reading yet another edition of Autistic Lincs.

You may recall Combine and Conquer (Autistic Lincs, Lincs Free Press, 9th September 2018) wherein I discussed the possibility of merging our communities in the name of another Going Forward Festival.

Well, last week, I attended an event held by the Lincolnshire Autistic Society (check them out here www.lincolnshireautisticsociety.org.uk which has done a lot of work behind-the-scenes for so many years...and that's the issue.

There was a networking meeting held with Lincolnshire's community groups both online and offline to talk about how we could all increase visibility and work together.

About how we can practically 'combine and conquer' if you will. It's an ongoing path but the footsteps have been laid and I think that open conversations about what each service offers, each group represents, are necessary because we do not talk enough.

The Lincolnshire Autistic Society is a society with a very positive track record in terms of actually 'doing' things and this links to how I am. We have to ask ourselves as societies, groups and the like as a whole in relation to autistic/disabled people; What are we doing?

What have we done? Can we use a platform, like the Lincolnshire Autistic Society or the Going Forward Festival or a regular conference to showcase ALL our county's works?

Similarly, with the free hugs on market day, do we WANT to open up our worlds to expand and grow the future?

The line gets blurry with the formal labelling of autistic and being 'disabled' and what each of those words mean but the principle remains. Everyone can DO more together. There is under-utilised potential in autistic and NT people alike, That, is the potential of us.

Check out my TEDx talk on utilising autistic people's potential here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9vcfOMKHM&t=348s

Sign and share the Going Forward Music Festival 2019 fundraising petition here:

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/goingforwardmusicfestival?utm_term=PVMRB7Djy

Stop hate speech here:

www.change.org/p/chelsea-green-publishing-

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Until Next Tuesday!