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Zsazsa
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31 Mar 2010, 10:38 am

What will YOU be doing to advance the importance and recognition of Autism on Autism Awareness Day, April 2nd?

If you feel you are unimportant and cannot make a difference in this huge world...think again... and simply wear the color BLUE which is the chosen "color" for Autism Awareness.

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31 Mar 2010, 6:52 pm

I'm not sure what I'm going to do...I wasn't even aware that April 2nd was Autism Awareness Day. Maybe I'll let some of my friends know via Facebook.


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01 Apr 2010, 10:42 am

Please tell me more about Autism Awareness day and April being Autism Awareness Month.

I am trying to find out if this is something created by Autism Speaks, or is it much broader in scope.

If this is an Autism Speaks thing, I would rather ignore this. I don't want to join facebook groups for the day and find out later it was not in my best interest.



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01 Apr 2010, 11:32 am

Some good that does us, to have Autism Awareness Day on Good Friday.
(What is that supposed to mean, that our families should think of us as a cross to bear? No, thank you!)



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01 Apr 2010, 2:12 pm

At least it isn't April first. I still wish it wasn't even in the first week of April, because some consider it April fools week. Whoever chose this was bad with a calendar. Oh well...


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02 Apr 2010, 2:13 pm

Douglas_MacNeill wrote:
Some good that does us, to have Autism Awareness Day on Good Friday.
(What is that supposed to mean, that our families should think of us as a cross to bear? No, thank you!)


Or maybe that we ourselves have a cross to bear?



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08 Apr 2010, 11:43 pm

We ourselves have a cross to bear, because the world wants us to change to suit them.


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09 Apr 2010, 12:09 pm

+ Sure that is true. But also because of our getting confused or overwhelmed or such. Or our executive dysfunction or sensory issues.