1. Television

The Autistan flag has been shown on television for the first time the 25 July 2017 par Josef Schovanec, to the RTS (Swiss Radio Television).

Josef is a “autistic scientist”, He has been invited to many radio and television shows in different countries (and especially in France).

This program, in French, only concerns him and lasts 43 minutes.
They quickly mention the flag and Autistan after 5’56” :
http://www.rts.ch/play/tv/ecran-total/video/josef-schovanec?id=8800486

The flag is visible in the background :
– of 5’18” at 6’54” environ (Visible and downloadable extract here),
– et of 32’13” at 37'56” environ (Visible and downloadable extract here).

In 2014, Josef created the name "Autistan" and the idea of ​​a "country of autistic people", almost like a joke, And later it appeared that this is useful to help understand the mental world of autistic.
He wrote books on his travels and meetings with other autistic people, by referring to “Autistan“.

Josef has no function or responsibility in our organization, But he is obviously a natural friend of Autistan, He likes what we do, And he has been our godfather since October 2016.

To find out more about the relationship (completely free) Entre Josef Schovanec, Autistan, and our organization, see : Name origin “Help”.

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2. Preamble to the Constitution of the Swiss Confederation

Towards 5’37” in the show, The journalist and Josef cite an essential passage of the preamble to the Swiss Constitution, which he often talks about in his conferences :

“The strength of the community
Measures well-being
of the weakest of its members.”

This is particularly “interesting” For autistic people and minorities or vulnerable or disadvantaged persons, Just like other passages from this preamble (that we color in bleu below) :