World Autism Awareness Day April 2nd

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30 Mar 2008, 7:55 am

Is this "World Autism Awareness Day" inextricably linked to Autism Speaks, or is it just a general celebration of autistic gifts? Or...not??? I am wondering if any of my fellow WP members (whose thoughts and opinions I value greatly) are doing anything special for this on April 2nd. Please advise.

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30 Mar 2008, 8:23 am

From what I can see from a quick search it's run by the U.N., but Autism Speaks heavily supports it.

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30 Mar 2008, 9:06 am

Autism Speaks can go to hell, for all I care.

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30 Mar 2008, 9:14 am

Well, I don't really care what, if anything, Autism Speaks is doing. But I like the nam3 of it. "World Autism Awareness Day." I like seeing it on my calendar, and knowing that I don't have to go to the party if I don't want to, for a change. I just want to say it like "Merry Christmas!"
"Happy World Autism Awareness Day!"

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30 Mar 2008, 11:42 am

Like it too as well.

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30 Mar 2008, 11:57 am

YAY! I can wear my shirt that day! I made a shirt to go with my report in English 3 about the controversies in Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. I can wear it to school!! !! !! YAY!! !! !! !! -Power Girl

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30 Mar 2008, 2:49 pm

I'm not optimistic about Autism Awareness Day- probably it will just be used as an excuse for more alarmism and a nice fundraising opportunity for Autism Speaks.

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30 Mar 2008, 3:03 pm

This will be the first-ever World Autism Awareness Day, however, Autism Awareness Month (which this is simply a bigger part of) has existed since the early 1990's, long before Autism Speaks existed.

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30 Mar 2008, 4:38 pm

We Aut to be aware Day topic

I would like to see an Autistic Pride awareness as the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Community does. I would imagine this has already been discussed at some point. Wear you Wrong Planet T-shirt.

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30 Mar 2008, 7:00 pm

Crap. I don't have one...

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30 Mar 2008, 7:04 pm

PowerGirl wrote:

You have more gumption than I do. I am not going to let my family, friends or Union brothers & sisters know about my AS even after the shrink confirms/denies my own assessment. I guess it's a generational thing. I hope your presentation goes well.

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30 Mar 2008, 7:20 pm

PowerGirl wrote:

Ausome!! !

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30 Mar 2008, 7:30 pm

sartresue wrote:

Wear you Wrong Planet T-shirt.

...there are WP t-shirts?

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30 Mar 2008, 9:16 pm

I didn't even know that there was a world autism awareness day until I read this thread...so i'm not doing anything special for it.

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30 Mar 2008, 10:04 pm

tmad40blue wrote:

sartresue wrote:

Wear you Wrong Planet T-shirt.

...there are WP t-shirts?

Click the link above the "WrongPlanet.net" logo at the top of the page, where it says "Shop," if you are so inclined.

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31 Mar 2008, 12:15 am

By next year there will be greeting cards for this day from Tarjay or something, as well as increase sales in Legos and Rubicks Cubes as those seem to be the steryotype interest of autism.

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