عالم خلف الصمت: حين عادت الحروف | نغمة أفشين جه | TEDxLittle Iran Women

تتحدث الفنانة الإيرانية الكندية نغمة أفشين جه عن ابنها ماتين، وهو مصاب بالتوحد ولا يتكلم، وكيف ضاقت التقارير المبكرة من آفاق مستقبله. في السادسة عشرة من عمره، أتاح له التواصل عبر الحروف أن يشير إليها ويشارك أفكاره وأحلامه وقصائده. يتناول الحديث الأمومة والتواصل وافتراض الكفاءة وأثر الأحكام على إمكانات الإنسان. وتدعو المتحدثة إلى حق غير الناطقين في التواصل دون انتظار عمر كامل.

• رواية أم تربي ابنا مصابا بالتوحد لا يتكلم
• التواصل بالحروف يكشف أفكاره وقصائده
• افتراض الكفاءة لدى غير الناطقين

For years, my non-speaking autistic son was defined by what his body could not do and those limitations were often mistaken for limits of his mind. At sixteen, access to letter-based communication began to reveal a world that had been there all along: thoughts, questions, poetry, and a voice waiting for a way to be heard. This is a story about motherhood, communication, presuming competence, and the profound consequences of how we judge human potential. Naghmeh Afshinjah is an Iranian-Canadian visual artist, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, writer, and art educator. She brought art into social action, earning recognition from the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada for defending freedom and women’s and human rights in Iran. For her, standing firm is deeply personal. When reports and assessments narrowed the future of her nonspeaking autistic son, Matin, she refused to accept them as the final word on his life. She mobilized her life around finding a path to communication. Matin worked to express himself: pointing to letters, he shared his thoughts, spoke of his dreams, and composed poetry. The young man others spoke about now had something to say himself. Naghmeh sees this achievement as the beginning of a larger mission. She advocates for nonspeaking people’s right to communicate, with one clear demand: no one should have to wait a lifetime to prove they have something to say. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx