Inside the Dance(aka Daggering)
by Maia चुंग
Standing in front of the boxes,the music pumping directly into my soul, shaking my heart and my womanhood...He's behind me...moving his hips in time विथ mine।I don't know him, but ओउर bodies seem to have met before।We move in precision, चोरेओग्रफेद like Bolshoi...His hands lay gently on my abs, fingertips spreading passion downwards।The rhythm surrounds us both, cocooning mounting desire, heightening इट्स ग्रोथ until we both feel what must come...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Maia Chung Autism &Disabilities Foundation
The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation
Tele 876- Tele: 876- 293-3610/876-371-1484
New
St. Catherine Jamaica West indies
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THE MAIA CHUNG AUTISM AND DISABILITIES FOUNDATION
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THE MAIA CHUNG AUTISM AND DISABILITIES FOUNDATION
· AIMS ARE TO OFFER SUCCESFUL AND TRANSLATABLE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED HEALTH CARE AND BETTER EDUCATION PROVISIONS FOR AUTISTS AND PERSONS NOW EXISTING WITH OTHER TYPES OF DISABILITIES.
Chief on our agenda is addressing the educational, health needs as well as health coverage, employment capabilities and skills training and sexual and reproductive health of the individuals affected by both autism and other types of disabilities.
· THEIR INCREASED INCLUSION INTO SOCIETY
· INCREASED BENEFITS TO THESE PERSONS ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO MANAGE TO ACQUIRE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TO CREATE NOT JUST TOLERANCE BUT A STRATEGY TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME AND COMPETENTLY HANDLE WHAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE IN THEIR LIVES AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES DUE TO THEIR CONDITIONS.
PROJECT TITLE - “SAVE THE SPECALS” – AUTHORED AND CONCEPTUALISED BY MAIA CHUNG ON BEHALF OF THE MAIA CHUNG AUTISM AND DISABILITIES FOUNDATION PRESENTLY MANIFESTING AT THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE JAMAICA’S ONLY FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED SCHOOL FOR AUTISM.
Our Requirements:
WE REQUIRE FUNDING; SPECIALIST FACILITIES TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE AUTISTS
MORE TRAINED SPECIALISTS TO HELP THE AUTISTS OF OUR LAND ACTUALISE. WHAT WILL OR CAN YOU DO?
ALBERT EINSTEIN, ANDY WARHOL, EMILY DICKINSON GENIUSES ALL, WERE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM? IF WE GET OUR AUTISTS HELP WHAT WILL THE COUNTRY REAP?
OBJECTIVE:
PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING FACILITIES AT THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE, LOCATED AT 1 NORTH AVENUE KINGSTON 5 JAMAICA WEST INDIES, CATERING TO EDUCATION,SKILLS TRAINING AND GENERAL ACTUALISATION OF THEIR POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA’S AUTISTIC CHIDREN.
THE INEVITABLE REPLICATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIESS OF THIS CENTRE BEING REPLICATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY , AS THE PROMISE LEARNING CVENTRE IS THE ONLY SCHOOL WHICH BILLS ITSELF AND MANIFESTS ITS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AS A JAMAICAN CENTRE FOR AUTISTS MAINLY.
RATIONALE FOR SEEKING PRIVATE FUNDING:
GOVERNMENT SAYS WE LACK THE RESOURCES TO PROPERLY ENSURE THAT THOSE “NORMAL CHILDREN” WHO ARE IN THE SYSTEM, ARE GETTING THE EDUCATION THAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS MILLENIUM, IN ORDER FOR THEIR SURVIVAL, AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE CONTINUITY OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WIDER OBJECTIVE OF JAMAICA’S PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
SADLY TO MEET THESE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES OUR POLITICAL LEADERS ARE CHALLENGED TO SAY THE LEAST.
THIS INEVITABLY SEES ALL, IF NOT MOST RESOURCES BEING CHANNELLED TOWARDS TRYING TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL AREAS RESULTING IN INADEQUATE FUNDS AND OTHER RESOURCE REQUISITES, TO TREAT WITH THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY DISABILITIES – THE AUTISM AND THE DISABILITIES COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS.
WE NEED AUTISTS TO FUNCTION AT THEIR OPTIMUM LEVEL, IN THE SAME FASHION WE NEED PEOPLE WITHOUT CHALLENGES TO FUNCTION, SO THEY CAN BE AS LITTLE OF A BURDEN AND IN FACT THE VALID CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR GROWTH THAT THOUSANDS OF AUTISTS HAVE PROVEN TO BE GLOBALLY.
QUOTING DR. JOSEPH BONSU-AKOTO, FORMER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ADVISER AT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
I CONTINUE FROM DR. BONSU-AKOTO, “THE MORE EDUCATION (FOR AUTISTS AT THE CORRECT LEVEL) THE MORE ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES”.
MY CONCLUSION BEING THE COMMITMENT BY ALL OF US TO CREATE MORE USABLE HUMAN RESOURCES NO MATTER WHAT GROUPING (AUTISTICS) INTO WHICH THEY FALL.
THIS IS NOW MOSTLY IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS GROUPS OR COMPANIES IN
PROPOSITION BY THE FOUNDATION FULLY RESOURCE THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE AND ENGAGE THE JAMAICAN EDUCATION MINISTRY’S HELP IN HAVING THE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES REPLICATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHERE NEEDED.
NEEDS OF THE CENTRE:
THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE, HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 15 YEARS HAS TO DATE BEEN THE ONLY (IF NOT ONE OF MAYBE THREE) INSTITUTIONS TO CATER TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF AUTISTS SPECIFICALLY.
CURRENT DEFINITION OF AN AUTIST IS: SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A SEVERE DISORDER OF DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH BOTH NEUROLOGICAL AND GENETIC FACTORS HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS:
IMPAIRMENT IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
IMPAIRMENT IN THE USE AND UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE AND GESTURE
AS WELL AS BY THE INCAPACITY TO PLAY IMAGINATIVELY
AGGRESSION
SELF INJURY
SELF STIMULATION,
FLAPPING BANGING AND TWIRLING
FIXATIONS AMONG OTHER ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS
A CRISIS ON THE MATTER IS NOW ON GLOBALLY AND HERE IN
DR. GUPTA OF CNN THIS YEAR DURING AUTISM MONTH IN APRIL HAZHARDED THE GUESS THAT THE GLOBAL AUTISM CRISIS IS JUST BELOW EPIDEMIC STATUS – OUR ONLY OPTIONS NOW IS TREATMENT OF THESE PERSONS WHO REPEATEDLY ONCE NURTURED SHOW THEMSELVES TO BE GOLDMINES OF CONTRIBUTION.
THE DIAGNOSES OF AUTISTS HERE IN
AUTISM WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED BY LEO KANNER IN 1943 WHO WROTE A PAPER ENTITLED “AUTISTIC DISTURBANCES OF AFFECTIVE CONTACT”.
AND BASED ON ONE DEFINITIVE TEXT ON THE SUBJECT “OVERCOMING AUTISM BY LYNN KERN KOEGEL PhD AND CLAIRE LaZEBNIK AUTISTIC IN ITS LITERAL TRANSLATION MEANS TO BE ALONE.
CURRENTLY GLOBAL MEDICAL EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE DILEMMA AND DECREASE THE GROWING WORLDWIDE DIAGNOSES, HAVE FOUND NO REAL HOPE OR ANSWERS.
SO FAR NO ONE KNOWS A DEFINITIVE CAUSE, TREATMENTS OR CURES, BUT THE WAR IS ON AGAINST THE AUTISM.
IN FACT AUTISTS WITH THEIR VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS ARE OFTEN FOUND TO BE BRILLIANT IN MANY AREAS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO HUMANKIND’S OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
UNLIKE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT ATTACK THE BRAIN AND CAUSE IMPAIRMENT IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT AUTISM IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IF A PATIENT GETS THE RIGHT THERAPIES AND IS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN BECOME FUNCTIONING VALUABLE AND OUTSTANDINGLY FUNCTIONAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY – I DO NOT HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WE NEED AS MANY POSITIVELY FUNCTIONING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE CAN GET.
I CAN GIVE EXAMPLES HERE IN JAMAICA, OF CASES WHERE TREATMENTS TRIED HAVE YIELDED AN AUTIST BEING EMPLOYED TO THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE FOR HIS ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, AFTER RECEIVING NECESSARY TREATMENTS THAT WORKED WELL WITH HIS AUTISM RANGE ON THE SPECTRUM, ADDITIONALLY A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND AUTIST AT ONE POINT ATTENDED CAMPION COLLEGE ALSO A BENEFICIARY OF TREATMENTS THAT FOCUSED ON HIS AREA OF NEED. THE POP ARTIST ANDY WARHOL WAS AUTISTIC AND PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT CREATIVITY OF OUR MODERN AGE AND CREATED AN ICONISM DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS LIFE TIME.
N-B EACH AUTIST IS SAID BY THOSE SPECIALISTS WHO STUDY THE CONDITION, TO BE RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENTS ADMINISTERED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AREAS OF NEED:
THERE IS NO COUNSELLING CENTRE DEVOTED TO PARENTS OF AUTISTS – IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TREAT WITH A CHILD WITH AUTISM ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THE COUNTRY HAS OVERALL IN TAKING CARE OF AN AUTISTIC.
THE CONDITION STRIKES WITHIN ALL SOCIO ECONOMIC GROUPS AND SOME EFFORT IS NEEDED TO HELP FAMILIES COPE EMOTIONALLY.
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TREATMENT IS ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH AGGRESSIVE AUTISTS, CVM NEWS COVERED IN 2007 THE DEATH OF A SIX YEAR OLD AUTIST WHOSE NAME WAS ZION, WHOSE CAREGIVER WAS ALLEGEDLY TOO HARSH IN ADMINISTERING A RESPONSE TO THE CHILD’S CONDITION, WHICH AN AUTIST CANNOT HELP.
OUR MODEL THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE HAS BEEN TREATING WITH AUTISM FOR 15 YEARS,
THE CENTRE TAKES THE 6 YEAR OLD AUTIST TO THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, AFTER WHICH LOCALLY THEY HAVE NO WHERE TO GO TO GET FURTHER HELP/TRAINING UNLESS THEY LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE’S TREATMENT AND THERAPIES AMONG THIS GROUP HAVE PRODUCED A HIGH LEVEL OF SUCCESS AND HAS SEEN THE SCHOOL GROWING IN POPULARITY AND AS SUCH BECOMING TOO CROWDED TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED - AND IF THESE DIAGNOSED CAN BE CHANNELLED INTO PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH THERAPIES AT THE SCHOOL, IT IS OUR SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THIS OCCUR.
THE MORE ADVANCED TREATMENTS REMAIN OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY I AM A WORKING MOTHER OF AN AUTISTIC CHILD AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE HIM OVERSEAS, IMAGINE THOSE WHO GET THE DIAGNOSIS NOT WORKING ETC. JAMAICA IS HARD COUNTRY FOR AUTISM.
PRIMARY NEEDS IN 2008 OF THE
FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE CORRECT THERAPIES AND PROCEDURES, I.E TRAINED STAFF SUCH THERAPISTS DOCTORS RESEARCHERS TO INTRODUCE NEW TECHNIQUES BEING DEVELOPED EACH DAY, NECESSARY FOR WHATEVER LEVEL OF AUTIST THEY COME ACROSS, TO HELP FUNCTIONALITY AT HIS OR HER HIGHEST CAPACITY.
IF THIS HAPPENS ANTICIPATED TO YIELD AMONG OTHER THINGS – LESS OF A BURDEN ON TAX PAYERS IF THEY HAVE TO BE INSTITUTIONALISED, ECONOMIC GAIN IF THE AUTIST CAN OPERATE AT OPTIMUM LEVELS AT A SKILL OR PROFESSION
THE PROMISE CENTRE CANNOT NOW ACCEPT PUPILS WITH HIGH UNCONTROLLABLE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOURS OR EXTREME DISRUPTIVENESS AND AS SUCH THEY ARE LEFT OUT.
WHY ARE THE EXTREME CASES LEFT OUT? BECAUSE THE SCHOOL CANNOT COPE WITH THIS TYPE OF AUTIST, WHICH IS ALSO VERY PREVALENT HERE.
THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER AUTISTS, TO SEE TO THEIR SPECIALISED CARE NEEDS AND THE SPACE THAT THE PROMISE LEARNING CENTRE NOW OCCUPIES, OR PAY THE TYPE OF STAFF NECESSARY TO SEE TO THE CARE AND ASSISTED CORRECT FUNCTIONING AMONG THIS GROUP IS ALSO NOT THERE.
FOR 15 YEARS THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN OFFERING THE FOLLOWING
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
SELF HELP
SKILLS
SPEECH THERAPY PART TIME
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
SKILLS TRAINING IN
COMPUTER STUDIES
FASHION DESIGNING MUSIC
ART AND CRAFT
HOME MANAGEMENT
SWIMMING
THE SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHY IS: EVERY CHILD HAS THE GOD GIVEN ABILITY TO ACHIEVE. I HASTEN TO ADD SO DOES EVERY CHILD THAT IS AN AUTIST, SCENARIO BEING: IF AN AUTIST CAN ONLY DURING HIS OR HER LIFETIME CONTROL HIS OR HER EXTREME AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOURS, THIS IS ONE STEP WORTH TAKING – AS THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOURS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE MENTAL BREAKDOWN OF FAMILIES WHICH CAN HAVE MYRIAD SPILLOVER EFFECTS INTO WIDER SOCIETY.
ONE MOTHER CALLED ME WHEN SHE DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO CALL A DOCTOR TO TELL ME SHE WAS CONTEMPLATING KILLING HERSELF DUE TO THE COMMUNITY’S NON-ACCEPTANCE OF HER FOUR YEAR OLD AUTIST HE IS VERY AGGRESSIVE
WHAT THE PROMISE FAMILY NEEDS FROM YOUR ORGANISATION IF YOU CAN AND ARE WILLING TO ASSIST:
MONEY TO PAY A FULL TIME SPEECH THERAPIST
MONEY TO PAY A FULL TIME OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
LAND AND FUNDING TO CREATE A BIGGER SPACE TO HOUSE MORE STUDENTS
FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION THE FULFILMENT BY MINISTRY TO AID THE SCHOOL AND HELP ITS REPLICATION AND FUNDING REPLICATION IS PARTICULARLY NECESSARY AND FUND IT IN CENTRAL AND
ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE IS PEOPLE OUT OF KINGSTON ARE LEFT OUT OF THE NET COMPLETELY IN TERMS ACCESS TO TRAINING TREATMENT AND THERAPIES – KINGSTON IS TOO FAR AND EXPENSIVE AND MOST IF NOT ALL ARE POOR OR JUST AVERAGE WORKERS LIKE MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND
CASH TO PAY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO TRAIN JAMAICANS WORKING IN THE FIELD ANYWHERE THE LATEST PROVEN TREATMENTS ARE FOUND, WITH A BONDING COMPONENT THAT INCLUDES TRAINING AT LEAST TWO OTHERS IN WHAT WAS LEARNED, UPON GARNERING THE TRAINING
DONATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM EMBASSY IN OUTREACH TO HAVE SPECIALISTS TO BE BROUGHT IN TO GIVE SEMINARS IN THE LATEST INFORMATION TO THE STAFF OF PROMISE AND REGULAR SCHOOLS WITH A VIEW TO WORKABLE INTEGRATIVE STYLE APPROACHES
CONCLUSION:
REMEMBER DIAGNOSES OF CASES OF AUTISM ARE ON THE RISE HERE IN
The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation
Is headquartered AT
New harbour
Mailing address c/o
Jamaica West Indies
876-293-3610 – 876-578-3079
Email:mcaustismfoundation@mail.net
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