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About Zekwande Foundation
'Get Ready for Change'
The Zekwande Foundation was started and conceptualised by Zekwande Mathenjwa in 2020 to:
- Assist Nonspeaking Autistics who are still trapped in their own bodies
- Make the world see Nonspeaking Autistics as competent
- Help the world understand the body-mind disconnect of Autistics
- To not speak for Autistics, but teach them to communicate for themselves
- Explain nonspeaking Autism from a nonspeaking Autistic perspective
- Improve representation of Autistic people in Autism advocacy work
- Provide support for nonspeaking Autistics who do not have access to educational facilities and communication mechanisms
- Reduce stigma around nonspeaking Autism
– Zekwande Mathenjwa
How I Communicate
I use a methodology where I point to letters on a letter-board to spell out what I want to say.
“It is scary to think that some people who talk lots of rubbish are still seen as smarter than me. I am not saying that all people talk nonsense. It is hard to see my intelligence with no speech. One needs to try to change that idea. It is going to be me”.
– Zekwande Mathenjwa.
Listen Movie
In 2020 Zekwande participated in the compilation of the Listen Movie which features Nonspeaking Autistics from around the world. In this movie the challenges of living as a Nonspeaking Autistic are explained. Do take a Listen.
– Movie By Communication First
The Reason I Jump Story
Zekwande contributed to The Reason I Jump Workbook as part of his advocacy work which is his ultimate passion. In this Workbook Zekwande talks about the human right to communicate, how an Autistic brain works and his letter to the President of South Africa.
– By Blueshift Education
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Join us in the implementation of our Programmes and Advocacy Work by completing the online Partnership Form below.
