U-Elizabeth Bonker, umfundi osekhulile eRollins College (e-United States), une-autism ngaphandle kokukhuluma futhi ukhuluma ngokuthayipha ngomshini wokubhala. Abafundi afunda nabo bamkhethe ukuthi anikeze inkulumo yokuqala futhi wafundisa wonke umuntu isifundo ngokubacela ukuthi basebenzise amazwi abo ukusiza abanye.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, ube nalesi sifo impilo yakhe yonke, ngakho-ke uyazi okuningi mayelana "nezimpumelelo ezabiwe", waqinisekisa enkulumweni yakhe: "Izinkinga zami ze-neuromotor nazo zingivimbela ukuba ngihlasele izicathulo zami noma ngifake izinkinobho ngaphandle kosizo. Nginale nkulumo ngisebenzisa umunwe owodwa kanye nozakwethu obambe ikhibhodi. U-Rollins usibonise sonke ukuthi ukwabelana kwenza ukuphila kube nenjongo."
Kodwa-ke, ekubhaleni kwakhe umfundi uqophe izikhathi ezingajabulisi kangako empilweni yakhe ngenxa ye-autism emvimbela ukuthi akhulume.
“Sengilwe impilo yami yonke ngaphandle kokulalelwa noma ukwamukelwa. Indaba esekhasini lokuqala ephephandabeni lethu lendawo yabika indlela uthishanhloko wesikole sami samabanga aphakeme atshela ngayo isisebenzi, 'Umfundi okhubazekile akanakuba umfundi ongcono kakhulu.' Nokho ngikhona namuhla,” kusho yena.
Lona wesifazane osemusha walingisa uMartin Luther King: “Nginephupho: ukuxhumana kwawo wonke umuntu. Kunabantu abangakhulumi abayizigidi ezingu-31 emhlabeni abane-autism abavalelwe ekhejini elithule. Impilo yami izonikelwa ukubakhulula buthule ekuhluphekeni futhi ngibanike izwi lokuzikhethela indlela yabo.”
UBonker uphinde waveza amahlaya ukuze anxuse ozakwabo ukuthi basize umphakathi wabo. “UNkulunkulu ukunike izwi. Yisebenzise. Futhi cha, indida yomuntu ongakhulumi we-autistic ekukhuthaza ukuthi usebenzise izwi lakho ayilahleki kuwe. Ngoba uma ukwazi ukubona ukubaluleka kimina ungabona ukubaluleka kwawo wonke umuntu ohlangana naye”, ephetha enkulumweni yakhe, ngaleyo ndlela ashaye ihlombe bonke ozakwabo.
Isazi se-valedictorian saseRollins College u-Elizabeth Bonker '22, one-autism ongakwazi ukukhuluma futhi okhuluma ngokuthayipha kuphela, unxusa abanye abathweswe iziqu ukuba basebenzise amazwi abo, bakhonze abanye futhi babone ukubaluleka kwawo wonke umuntu abahlangana naye.
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- I-Rollins College (@rollinscollege) May 9, 2022
UGrant Cornwell, uthishanhloko waseRollins College, ubike esitatimendeni ku-CNN ukuthi umlayezo womfundi "unikeze ithemba kubantu abangakhulumi abayisigidi abane-autism nemindeni yabo." "Sijabule ngo-Elizabeth futhi sithemba ukuthi ukunaka kwendaba yakhe kuzosekela umsebenzi wakhe wokumela esikhathini esizayo."
