Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2006-09-26 12:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mike Lake",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"183276\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I find this really interesting. I have a son with autism. He's now coming up to eleven and I tend to view this in terms of opportunity to contribute according to his ability and wanting to maximize that. That's sort of the vision we have for him. For example, during the election campaign we wanted to make it a family event. I also have a seven-year-old daughter, so we looked for opportunities for him to be able to do things. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183277\" data-originallang=\"en\">By definition of \u201ccontribute\u201d, I mean not simply being busy but actually doing something that adds to what we are doing. For example, when we were delivering brochures, he'd go out with my wife and he'd run up and down the sidewalks, which he loved to do, and together they were able to do more than my wife could have done alone. Another example was putting labels on envelopes and things that he wanted to do that would mean he was able to contribute, more than only our volunteers working on their own.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183278\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of my interest in these issues in general, I like to think of them more in terms of contributing according to ability, as opposed to tagging people with the term \u201cdisability\u201d, as you said. I'm interested to know, first of all, where autism may fit, as an example for me, in terms of the definitions we were talking about.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183279\" data-originallang=\"en\">Secondly, is there a differentiation in some of the statistics when we talk about income levels or post-secondary education between people with a physical disability versus someone with something like autism?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"183276\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je trouve \u00e7a vraiment int\u00e9ressant. J'ai un fils autiste. Il aura bient\u00f4t 11 ans, et j'ai tendance \u00e0 chercher des occasions o\u00f9 il peut apporter une contribution en fonction de ses capacit\u00e9s, et je veux maximiser ces occasions. C'est en quelque sorte la vision que nous entretenons \u00e0 son \u00e9gard. Par exemple, pendant la campagne \u00e9lectorale, nous voulions en faire une activit\u00e9 familiale. J'ai \u00e9galement une fille de 7 ans. Nous avons donc tent\u00e9 de lui trouver des choses \u00e0 faire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183277\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand je parle de \u00ab contribution \u00bb, il est question non seulement d'\u00eatre occup\u00e9, mais aussi de faire quelque chose qui ajoute \u00e0 ce que nous faisons. Par exemple, quand nous avons distribu\u00e9 des d\u00e9pliants, il est all\u00e9 avec mon \u00e9pouse et s'est amus\u00e9 comme un fou \u00e0 courir le long du trottoir, et, ensemble, ils ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 en faire davantage que si mon \u00e9pouse avait \u00e9t\u00e9 seule. Je pourrais mentionner \u00e9galement qu'il a appos\u00e9 des \u00e9tiquettes sur des enveloppes et des choses qui lui ont permis de faire sa part, en plus du travail effectu\u00e9 par nos b\u00e9n\u00e9voles. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183278\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est de mon int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de ces enjeux en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re songer \u00e0 une contribution fond\u00e9e sur les capacit\u00e9s, au lieu d'\u00e9tiqueter les gens comme \u00ab personne handicap\u00e9e \u00bb, comme vous l'avez dit. J'aimerais tout d'abord savoir en quoi l'autisme, pour utiliser un exemple que je connais, s'inscrit dans la d\u00e9finition dont nous parlons. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"183279\" data-originallang=\"en\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, est-ce qu'on \u00e9tabli, dans certaines des statistiques relatives aux revenus ou aux \u00e9tudes postsecondaires, une distinction entre les personnes frapp\u00e9es d'une incapacit\u00e9 physique et les personnes atteintes d'une maladie comme l'autisme?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/human-resources/39-1/12/mike-lake-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mike-lake/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/466/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1652837",
    "document_url": "/committees/human-resources/39-1/12/",
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