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Panel: Inclusion of autistic people must be central to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals, panelists say
Summary
Speakers at the Institute of Neurodiversity’s World Autism Awareness Day event urged global policymakers to embed autistic voices and accessibility into SDG implementation, stressing the UN principle to "leave no one behind" and citing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a guide.
Charlotte Vela, global chair of the Institute of Neurodiversity (ION), opened the event noting ION’s growth and mission and framed the day around the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. "Since our inception in 2021, ION has grown into a truly global organization with over 30,000 members and supporters across more than 40 countries and still growing," Vela said.
Why it matters: speakers linked autism inclusion directly to the SDGs’ pledge to "leave no one behind," saying that implementation must reach autistic and neurodiverse people or the goals cannot be met. Mahed Nasir of the United Nations Department of Global Communications told…
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