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b'(Questionnaire): \\u201cI\\u2019m not testing your responses, it\\u2019s only because I\\u2019m not a qualified neurologist and it hasn\\u2019t been passed by an ethics board\\u201d - and the other barriers between us\\u2026 I made a game where I secretly test people\\u2019s global abstract reasoning. Although it\\u2019s not so secret because I have no filter and I tell everyone that\\u2019s what I\\u2019m doing.\\u201d\\n---\\nI want to invite you to imagine what it\\u2019s like to have your neurology examined, and share the most beautiful part of being tested - which is deepening your understanding of your own psyche, and creating vocabulary for your own perceptivity.\\n\\nThe recent Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability found Australia is in breach of its international obligations, committing \\u201cgrave and systemic human rights violations for people with disability.\\u201d Other reports indicate a power imbalance created by the current top-down NDIS approach to autism. I\\u2019ve made this questionnaire artwork to include myself in the conversation, so my voice becomes part of the narrative.\\n\\nI want to bring awareness to the history of testing and experimenting on the autistic community. And ask whether or not Australia\\u2019s history of testing minorities has been good for people in those groups (for example, the White Australia Policy).\\n\\nSometimes my community ask me why I think something is ableist. Then I ask them to imagine what it would be like if someone did the same thing to a person of colour or a trans person 20 years ago, and to sub in the disabled identity. 90% of the time, this is all people need to understand my perspective, and why it\\u2019s important we have difficult conversations that raise awareness for people that experience marginalisation or identify with having a disability.\\n\\nI\\u2019ve had five support coordinators who have been through NDIS training and didn\\u2019t know the meaning of the word ableism. I know the meaning, the person scribing for me knows the meaning. If you don\\u2019t know the meaning, just ask someone to explain it for you. It\\u2019s nice to learn new words.\\n\\nSometimes there\\u2019s something really beautiful that comes out of not being able to do something. Sometimes, from oppression, we understand the true meaning of freedom. Sometimes, when you go without, you get to have a special relationship with the void. I don\\u2019t believe there is a \\u2018better\\u2019 or a \\u2018worse\\u2019 way to be human. I don\\u2019t believe smarter is \\u2018better\\u2019. I don\\u2019t believe being verbal is \\u2018better\\u2019. I don\\u2019t believe being more functional, or happier, is ever \\u2018better\\u2019.\\n\\nIn my questionnaire, and when I test people, it\\u2019s outside right and wrong, and all answers are unconditionally valid: they\\u2019re descriptions, like different colours, or different songs. However you were born, in whatever kind of body, and whatever kind of brain, I unconditionally respect you.\\n\\nWell done for reading or listening to this whole thing, and thanks for coming to my show!\\n\\nConcept & Artwork: Mishka'