In Ipar Euskal Herria, from the first moment "the essential exits in the open spaces close to the home for child welfare, keeping distance and avoiding any encounter" were regulated; in Hego Euskal Herria, children with special needs could not go out to the streets in the first days of the confinement.
A few days later, the Spanish Government had to rectify complaints, as confinement in children with autism can negatively influence their mental health. The regulation, which was updated on March 20, authorized people with disabilities, behavioral disorders, such as people diagnosed with autism or disruptive behaviors, accompanied by a companion, to circulate through public use routes "provided that the necessary measures are respected to avoid contagion".
The situation has become even worse for many than for relaxing the consequences of confinement. By insults from those who look out the window or for each. One of those parents is Catalan Josep Salvat. One of the parents who has proposed and promoted the implementation of a blue link in the network to children with autism that avoid insults to their neighbors. The child of the victim, who has autism, has reported what happened through social networks. "I went to the street with my son Enric, while we were playing the ball, I was starting to hear the screams from the neighbors, but I didn't think it was important. Soon I saw the police patrol. I understood that someone had denounced us.
Many cases and complaints of this kind can be found on the net, provoked by the "policemen" of the house. Faced with this, like Salvat, several parents have begun to use color ties related to autism to avoid the screams and insults of the neighbors. "It is regrettable that this measure has to be taken so that people are not silenced, but if it has to serve to facilitate coexistence, welcome," Salvat said to the newspaper La Vanguardia.
— Josep Salvat (@josepsalvat) March 27, 2020
Please remember: #nietxeangeloes but sometimes I find it impossible. pic.twitter.com/vT2X8XkFEB
— Marea Urdina (@mareaurdina) March 20, 2020
Hello friends if you see people walking with a blue scarf or a vehicle with a scarf or blue ribbon are people with AUTISM and who need to walk to do it for that reason don't scream and let's just touch mouths because being locked up a long time makes them very bad, thank you. pic.twitter.com/6oPc5oJG5l
— Gastón (@Gastn57302344) March 26, 2020
If it wasn't necessary to do this campaign, families of people with autism are telling us to increment them. If you see two people walking down the street and wearing a blue badge, it may be a person with autism. Thank you for your respect and empathy! pic.twitter.com/lg1zFR4rgO
— NorTEA (@_NorTEA_) March 25, 2020
Marked, "how the Nazis to the Jews"
"To prevent aggression, we have been asked to be marked with a blue tie to get our children out into the street. I can't believe it. First of all, if my son gets a blue loop, the martyrs on the balcony will certainly not see it. And second, it's the aggressor who should score."
Goikoa is the response of the mother of a child with down syndrome to the blue ribbon proposal she has made. There are criticisms in the network as strong as this, as this is an initiative that makes the victim "twice victim". "Control the woman who has suffered a sexist aggression and not the machist aggressor or aggressor. This is similar: turn the victim into twice a victim," says another parent.
Faced with this, many call for help from the media, putting the strength to solve the problem elsewhere: Deepening awareness, deepening tolerance and respect for discrimination and empowerment. This measure has also been criticised by several associations related to autism, including autism in the Spanish State.
"I'm not going to identify my son in the same way that the Nazis did with the Jews. If you want, we won't hear you from the balcony. If necessary, I will be the one who calls the police. The only thing my child will be marked is happiness." Whether we criticize the measure or not, no one is going to stop taking their children to the streets, in a kind of harsher prison for the children.