April is Autism Awareness Month. Each April 2, Autism Speaks celebrates Light It Up Blue along with the international autism community, in commemoration of the United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day. Light It Up Blue is a unique global initiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Month and helps raise awareness about autism. In honor of this historic day, many iconic landmarks, hotels, sporting venues, concert halls, museums, bridges and retail stores are among the hundreds of thousands of homes and communities that take part to Light It Up Blue. You can get more details on Autism Speaks - Light It Up Blue.
Last year, Autism Speaks had organized fundraising campaign with "Toys R Us". There was a big poster in all the "Toys R Us" stores worldwide with photo of my son wearing blue dress. I feel very proud when I got to know that my son is a part of this big event. "Toys R Us" also used his photo on the Facebook cover for whole month.
Last year I have written a post about this event - Light It Up Blue
Yes, we celebrate April as an Autism Awareness Month. But I don't think, one month is enough to spread awareness. For us, who are dealing every day with autism, every day is an Autism day. There are so many people around us, who still don't know what is Autism. We have to keep telling people about autism and should raise awareness daily.
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