I hope it wasn't called "introversion room"... That sounds awful. :|
Paulo Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quarta, 15/08/2018 à(s) 17:44: > Thank you for sharing this, Romaine. > > Our experiences are so different, and we should acknowledge it and cherish > it, and we need to respect all people and accommodate all people. > > My experience is related and opposite at the same time. I sometimes tell > people that Wikimania is my social life. It's an exaggeration; it's > Wikimania and other Wikimedia-related events: hackathons, workshops, local > meetups. But that's really about it. The Wikimedia community is my social > life. Events other than Wikimedia events —weddings, holidays, parties, you > name it— can easily cause me to feel out of place and to experience > feelings described in this thread. > > Wikimania is where I feel completely at home. But if it's not a place where > others can feel at home, it's a problem. > > I remember one Wikimedia event that had an "introversion room". I remember > how some people cheered when the event organizer mentioned it in her > welcome speech. We need more of that: not only "introversion rooms" (even > though they are welcome), but anything that makes people feel welcome. > > We need more of this consideration and inclusion not just because it's the > right and decent human thing to do. We need it because it's our expressed > goal to include every single human being. Who if not us? > > בתאריך יום ד׳, 15 באוג׳ 2018, 18:42, מאת Romaine Wiki < > [email protected]>: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with > a > > different neurodiversity. > > > > Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, > > there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the > > input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in > an > > emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my > > case I go (almost) completely blank. > > > > It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no > > experiences with it. > > I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of > the > > huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I > like > > to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has > > experienced it herself. > > > > Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792 > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > Romaine > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
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