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“Wanneer ‘n jong volwassene met spesiale behoeftes kos op hul ouers se tafel sit \u2013 hoe wonderlik is dit nie?”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie vraag breek Sandy Pekeur-Sandy se stem effens as sy daaroor praat. Dit verteenwoordig soveel meer as net finansi\u00eble onafhanklikheid \u2013 dit gee haar seun Joshua (19) die vryheid om sy eie keuses te maak. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoshua Sandy (19), mede-stigter van “Be My Voice, One Cookie at a Time”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Vandag het hierdie ma-en-seun-span ‘n sakeonderneming wat nie net Joshua se toekoms verseker nie, maar ook ander neurodiversiteit-volwassenes help om hul eie pad na onafhanklikheid te vind.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die diagnose-reis<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Joshua is op W\u00eareldoutismedag (2\u2009April) in 2007 gebore en ernstige outismespektrumversteuring (vlak 3) is op tweejarige ouderdom by hom gediagnoseer. Hy het ernstige gedrag getoon soos geskree, gehuil en kop gestamp en ook geweier om kos te eet.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Toe hy vyf jaar oud was, het hy geweier om uit die huis te gaan, om in ‘n motor te klim of in die openbaar te wees,” vertel Pekeur-Sandy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joshua was altyd nieverbaal. Hy is deur vier verskillende versorgers versorg en het nege skole bygewoon. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Jy vra die vrae en mense gee jou nie die antwoorde nie. Jy voel jy misluk as ouer,” s\u00ea Pekeur-Sandy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nBaba Joshua en sy ma, Sandy, omtrent die tyd \noutisme by hom gediagnoseer is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Die deurbraak<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In 2017 het ‘n outisme-spesialis hulle vertel van stamselterapie in Indi\u00eb. Joshua het twee behandelings op 10- en 12-jarige ouderdom in Mumbai ontvang. “Dit het sy brein 80% herstel,” s\u00ea Pekeur-Sandy. Sy outisme is geherdiagnoseer na ligte tot matige (vlak 2).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ag nee, puberteit was die ergste,” verduidelik sy ma. “Hy het sy liggaam begin verstaan en sensasies begin ervaar.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was ook die tydperk waar epilepsie by Joshua gediagnoseer is, maar ook waar hy onafhanklikheid geleer het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nuwe begin<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Nege jaar gelede het hy by die Universiteit Stellenbosch se biokinetika-program aangesluit en die gesin het na Gordonsbaai verhuis. “Die gemeenskap het meer begrip as dit by spesiale behoeftes kom \u2013 veral met outisme,” verduidelik Pekeur-Sandy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joshua het geleer om die badkamer op sy eie te gebruik, homself te stort, sy eie klere te kies en sy eie toebroodjies te maak. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die transformasie is merkwaardig: “Ek kan hom ook na ‘n winkelsentrum neem, waarvoor hy vroe\u00ebr geweier het, maar nou gaan hy uit en is orals.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy daaglikse roetine sluit in epilepsie-medikasie, ontbyt, boks- of swemles, biokinetika-terapie en tyd vir sy tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoshua, wat reeds nege jaar lank die Universiteit van Stellenbosch se biokinetika-program bywoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
“Wanneer hy ‘n moeilike dag gehad het, gaan hy gewoonlik net reguit bed toe,” verduidelik sy ma.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volwasse mylpale<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Joshua het deesdae sy eie identiteitsdokument en bankrekening. Maar om heeltemal onafhanklik te wees, moes hy sy eie geld verdien \u2013 en dit is waar outis\u00adme-diskriminasie die kop uitsteek.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ek weet die meeste mense sal Joshua nie aanstel nie. Hulle sal nie verstaan wanneer hy sy sensoriese oomblikke het of wanneer hy ‘n ineenstorting het nie.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Be My Voice’ gebore<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
D\u00eds waarom die ma-en-seun-duo “Be My Voice, One Cookie at a Time” gestig het. Joshua se aanhoudende versoek vir koekies het veroorsaak dat hy eendag sy oorlede ouma se kookboek opgetel het. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle het saam begin bak en die projek in 2023 van stapel gestuur.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Wat die bakwerk betref, sal hy die woorde wat ek s\u00ea, namaak, wat ek nog nooit ervaar het nie,” s\u00ea Pekeur-Sandy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die kombuis weet Joshua hoe om bestanddele te meet, by te voeg, te meng, te klits en te sif.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Om in ‘n kombuis te wees, verg nie net motoriese vaardighede nie, maar ook om ‘n gesprek te ontwikkel en selfbeeld te bou.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met die geld wat hy nou ontvang, weet Joshua wat hy wil h\u00ea. Hy is lief vir weg-neemetes en bestel gereeld by McDonald’s en KFC.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoshua het ‘n lang reis gehad, maar is nou onafhanklik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Groter prentjie<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Die tiener se prestasie is buitengewoon as ‘n mens na die syfers kyk. Volgens dr. Monique de Wit van die Universiteit Stellenbosch is die oorgang na die arbeidsmark moeilik vir volwassenes met outisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Indiensneming vind slegs in uitsonderlike omstandighede plaas en vereis beduidende ondersteuning,” s\u00ea sy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hoewel daar baie min gepubliseerde bewyse vir indiensnemingsyfers van volwassenes met outisme is, is hulle heel waarskynlik werkloos of onderbenut. Hul werkloosheidsyfer kan so hoog as 70 tot 90% wees.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nWerksrealiteit: Terwyl 68,1% van Suid-Afrikaners in diens is, vind slegs ‘n geraamde 20% van outistiese volwassenes werk \u2013 iets wat Joshua se reis na onafhanklikheid nog meer merkwaardig maak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Die grootste struikelblok is om in die eerste plek aangestel te word. Werwingsprosesse bevoordeel sosiale vaardighede bo werksvermo\u00eb. Vir di\u00e9 wat wel werk kry, skep sensoriese uitdagings groot uitdagings. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Die belangrikste werkplek-aanpassings is geduld, begrip en empatie,” s\u00ea De Wit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onafhanklikheid gedefinieer<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Aangesien indiensneming nie ‘n akkurate maatstaf vir onafhanklikheid kan wees nie, beklemtoon De Wit dat onafhanklikheid eerder waardigheid, welstand en langtermynsekuriteit bete\u00adken. “Onafhanklikheid is om die geleentheid en vryheid te h\u00ea om ‘n betekenisvolle lewe te lei met die ondersteuning wat jy nodig het.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onafhanklikheid wissel oor die outismespektrum. Sommige outistiese volwassenes leef heeltemal onafhanklik, terwyl ander 24-uur-toesig benodig.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Help aan ander<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Joshua se verhaal eindig nie by sy eie sukses nie. Deur sy onderneming bied hy neurodiverse kursusse vir sewe studente aan. “Om sy eie klein koekiebesigheid met neurodiverse jong volwassenes te h\u00ea, gee almal ‘n kans in die lewe,” s\u00ea Pekeur-Sandy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoshua en sy ma, Sandy, saam met wie hy sy eie koekie-onderneming bedryf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hierdeur wys hy die belangrikheid van gemeenskap vir mense met outisme kan nie onderskat word nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf06e\u2009Volgende week kyk ons na die ondersteuning vir outsime in die Helderberg.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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