A crash course in changing the world.
"The PLACE: India, in the states of Kerala and Karnataka, more specifically near Trivandrum and Bangalore, the capitals of these states. This is because I know the language and the people in Kerala and have built up a fund of good will in Bangalore.
I would need a minimum of hundred hectares for this project. That's to make not only place but space required also clear.
I want collaboration and entrepreneurs because I am basically a visionary but my vision is not shared by anyone in EVOKE so far as I know, so I’ve decided to present a solo Evokation.
It all started with my son being autistic. There are decisive things in one’s life, like meeting the resurrected Jesus at Damascus for Paul and being asked to get off a train in the middle of nowhere for Gandhi when he was in South Africa.
While trying to help my son, I found that no one in my place – Trivandrum - knew much about autism and I came across parents and other children like him and found that they needed help too as much as I and my wife and siblings did.
Help is not easily available for such kids in a place like India. It is non –existent or too costly or in too few places.
I do not think there is no one here interested in all this, just that I don’t know who they are.
The problem can be stated thus – more than 160,000 people in the world are now labeled autistic.
They need more from society – more in terms of input in every sense of the term. I believe the appearance of autism in large numbers, a recent phenomenon, is directly connected to environmental degradation, our modern lifestyle (medicines like vaccines and steroids and psychological factors like stress) and genetics. There is no one cause and since it’s a neurological disability there is no one solution and seemingly no complete, perfect cure.
They need teachers who are specialists, parents who are educated, governmental help, spiritual help and help from autistic support groups, humanitarian help, social and educational networks, medical networks, donors, dentists, paediatricians and everything else.
How does this tie in with environmental concerns – isn’t this merely social innovation? – you may wonder?
It ties up with everything.
My start may be selfish but it expands to all autistic children and adults, to the differently abled of all sorts, to the caregivers and finally to two big picture questions.
If this is pandemic how can it be stopped? Can genetic research help? I believe it can. So can scanning. Prevention is better than cure. But what to do with those already autistic, for a lifetime?
Obviously Hitler’s solutions are not the answer.
Can parents leading healthier lifestyles be assumed to bring forth healthy offspring?
I hope you are beginning to see the links.
Is population implosion an answer?
For such children to grow up healthy, they need healthy food.
Producers and farms of this kind exist in USA. They produce GFCF food.
Not in India, not many.
The food produced in such farms, if they do come up, has to be green and healthy and the energy for such farms sustainable and renewable.
The food is not only for them but everyone, since even if they need this healthy- maybe primarily vegetarian- food, all the surplus can go for others, especially the poor. Not only that, the food can also be bought by everyone in society , perhaps sold at a higher price for some rich customers, since the first consumers should be the autistic children and their families.
To start such a farm or a place where autistic people can be helped in various ways is my dream. For this I would need first of all arable land with water, electricity, near to modern communication systems and farmers, cooks, and many other kinds of helpers.
This would lead to work opportunities for the local population as well as countless possibilities for networking etc with autism groups, autism specialists, educationalists , doctors, psychologists, artists, environmentalists, governments etc…
The farm could also be a holiday or retreat centre to generate funds, limited to such visitors and the families of autistic or differently abled people. The latter could come and unwind, relax etc. Maybe over many years an old age home for the parents, if widowed, and a living quarters for autistic orphans could come into existence.
I am continuing to think aloud. Please make any suggestions you feel are necessary to improve my evoKation."
Tags: Autism, Evokation, Power Shift, "
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