Events "for" Autism.

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Okay, I am interning in a Special Ed classroom. The teacher was organizing an event for autism. She asked me if I wanted to help out and i agreed, partly because i had nothing to do that day and part because i have trouble saying no. So time passed and it was time for the "Jump for Autism". I went to it thinking it was gonna be a ASpeaks mentality event, a autism pity party if you will. Well I got there, got assigned a station ( bounce house monitor). It was a pretty fun. I was rather surprised as the event was more focused on awareness and acceptance ( as per the banner on the door).

My question, is this type of event common, or is this like an isolated incident? Are awareness and acceptance events the norm or are there events focused mainly on curing autism and finding something to blame?

good for you

Thanks.

It was really a fun event. While it was a little noisy ( mainly from the music). It was the kind of noisy that is dissipated ( it was in a HS gym so there was a lot of room). There was like 100 people there at the peak. Wasn't hard ( socially) really just stood near the bounce house, made sure kids didn't kill each other. No real socializing. Probably helped that my sister was there too ( we carpool to school and i was her ride home... she got stuck with me ).

I'd totally do another, but probably only if it was like this one, and not the Pity party type.

sounds fun :D

anything that's a pro-AS event is a neat idea. :D

as long as it's not an eye-contact contest or something xD