沈黙の向こうの世界：文字が戻ってきたとき | ナグメ・アフシンジャー | TEDxLittle Iran Women

イラン系カナダ人の芸術家ナグメ・アフシンジャーが、話すことのできない自閉症の息子マティンについて語ります。早期の報告によって息子の将来が狭められたと感じた彼女は、息子が意思を伝える方法を探しました。十六歳のとき、文字を使ったコミュニケーションによって、息子は文字を指し示し、思考、夢、詩を共有できるようになりました。講演では、母親であること、コミュニケーション、能力の前提、そして人の可能性に対する判断について語られています。

• 非言語の自閉症の息子を育てた母親の体験
• 文字によるコミュニケーションで思考と詩が見えてきたこと
• 非言語の人への能力の前提

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