Context : Fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro of 2 september 2018 (article Wikipedia)
(See Our remarks on this drama, At the end of the article.)
Following this tragic and very sad event, our autistic friend Josef Schovanec, Creator of the name “Help” and sponsor of our organization, exposed the fascinating and unknown history of the Emperor Peter II of Brazil (whose autistic features seem obvious).
He concluded his intervention by talking about our efforts here in Rio de Janeiro, With Autistan's first physical embassy (That is to say the first autistic embassy), and our modest project of “Autistan Museum” (which will ultimately be named “Autismusia” (“Autism” / “Autismuseu” etc.).
You can :
- Access the audio recording of the program on this radio website (RTBF) ;
- Or otherwise, Listen to this recording here thanks to the player below ;
- Et / or read the transcription (approximate) (or, For languages other than French, Automatic translation) What Josef said, below this image :
(Approximate transcription or translation)
“Bonjour,
This week was marked by the tragic fire of the National Museum of Brazil. THE
Media have spoken of it, Then passed, unsurprisingly, at something else. Of course, I am me
also remained in shock when seeing as many treasures disappear, But not only : the
National Museum of Brazil actually hides a singular story that gives me to think
For several years now.
Voilà : The National Museum was actually located in the former Imperial Palace of Brazil. Because yes,
Brazil was an empire, in the 19th century. And it is one of these emperors that I
would like to speak : Peter II of Brazil. Often we say, not without reason, than autistic people
can exercise almost all the trades in the world - with the exception of the policy, car,
as we know, The autistic people refuse to lie. However, in some rare cases, by
Some whim of fate, An autistic seems to access political power.
Peter II of Brazil, mounted on the throne when he was only a child, could be one
The most intriguing examples. Let's say his profile was, And that is to say, more than
particular, his father's antipodes, Pierre I, who had multiplied the escapades of everything
Order before stirring, leaving his country on the verge of civil war.
Everyone had noticed that the new emperor, Peter II, was weird. Of the
childhood, He only seemed to be interested in books, that he devoured according to a timetable
rigorous that he was going, as, respect all your life. The real question was
How to explain these strangeness : usually, Biographers say he took refuge
in books to flee the political intrigue of the Court. I'm not so sure :
How to explain then, For example, His speech defects ?
Because yes, Pierre II was although a hyperpolyglotte mastering an endless list of
LANGUAGES, His diction was deficient : often, He only expressed himself from an isolated word ; par
elsewhere, He could not articulate certain simple words in appearance, as
«Right», Madame, that he pronounced "dadama". Such a child, Today in Europe,
would have been considered a deficient and it would have been excluded from the school ; the same bearing the
imperial crown passed for very majestic in front of the quarrels and the high verb of
courtiers. Everything is relative.
The problems began for Peter II at the beginning of adulthood : the advisers of
court had an apparently great idea : To make it normal, he had to get married.
Luckily, At the time there was still a form I was going to say marriage autism, has
Knowing marriage remotely. What was done. Alas, when, much later, The wife of
The emperor ends up arriving in Brazil, Peter II had a shock, began to cry and said "they have me
deceived, Dadama » : She was indeed like nothing like, Of course, to the portrait we had
Presented before marriage.
The rest of his life was consecrated, Just like his childhood, to scientific investigations.
His erudition in molluscs, shells and other strange animals was such that the
biggest scholars of his time, Of which Darwin in person, were dazzled by his
knowledge. The national museum that humanity has just lost had a lot to these
Patient decades Collector and Autistic Work.
Political, Peter II has entered the story because, notably, abolition of
slavery. To date, For Brazilians, Peter II is the most
popular country history, because of its simplicity, lifestyle
particularly economical, Far from corruption that plagues the political class
Brazilian, of SA Rectitude Moral.
Pierre II died as he had lived : alone and poor, In exile in Paris, having abandoned a
throne he did not hold.
End of history ? Not quite. It turns out that the history of autism in Rio could
Rebound soon. It’s indeed there, not far from the old imperial palace that has become
musée, that an autistic friend, Eric Lucas, established the first Autistan embassy. Et
Soon a sugar-museum.”
The members of the Autistan diplomatic organization and many autistic people in the world are very shocked and saddened by the fire that destroyed the National Museum of Brazil.
Autistic people are very attached to the notions of “conservation” and “collections”.
We do not understand how such an incredible thing (and absurd) the pude is produced, while, precisely, museums are made to keep and protect.
Such a concentration of unique documents should force exemplary safety efforts.
Otherwise, It is much safer not to gather these pieces in unique places (and fragile).
This is a terrible disaster for the heritage of humanity, but who, Alas, is only a small example of what man “ordinary” can do or let it.
Disasters due only to humans “ordinary” repeat themselves and multiply, But we (Autistics) We are tried “deficient”, by these same people, so-called “responsible”…