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[SusyQ22a]

Wear blue tomorrow for Autism Awareness. April is autism awareness month. Just got an email from Autism Speaks as a reminder and wanted to remind others as well.

[scotttie]

Thank you SusyQ22a.

[MikafromTopeka]

Autism awareness is a good thing but before you donate to the organization Autism Speaks please do some reading about how people with autism feel about the organization.

Over & out!

[lulu2]

We have a special little guy in our family. I'm wearing blue today. I have a blue ribbon pin that I will wear all month.

[rarejan]

On 4/1/2014 kaybee said:

Autism awareness is a good thing but before you donate to the organization Autism Speaks please do some reading about how people with autism feel about the organization.

Over & out!

Hi Kaybee!

[MikafromTopeka]

Hi rarejan!

[voyager1980]

On 4/1/2014 kaybee said:

Autism awareness is a good thing but before you donate to the organization Autism Speaks please do some reading about how people with autism feel about the organization.

Over & out!

Hmm Ok I'll look it up. Thanks

[MikafromTopeka]

This is a few lines from an article '68 Things To Know About Autism' Huffington Post

Autism is confusing and funny and remarkable and scary and beautiful and misunderstood.

Autism is not your fault. -- Shanell Mouland

Autism is a component of what makes her/him unique.

Autism is not the sum of all her/his parts. -- Becca Blanks-Ratliff

Autism is the greatest lesson in discovering how strong I am as a woman, and a mother.

Autism is not something that makes my child less of a person. -- Amanda Nelson-Van Wagenen

Autism is a disorder that affects the ability to participate in social interactions and communicate socially.

Autism is not the same as mental retardation. -- Alycia Halladay, Ph.D.,

Autism is an infectious laugh, feeling and giving everything to emotions, confusion.

Autism is not friendless, dull, what you fear it will be. -- Denise Henry

Autism is complicated.

Autism is not something you should have to apologize for. --Natalie Gerber

The list is much longer but I have to c&p it one line at a time which I'll stop now for fear of it being removed so if you're interested google the above named article.

[voyager1980]

Thanks for sharing that Kaybee (: