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Tomorrow, April 2, 2010, is WORLD Autism Awareness Day.

Our porch lightbulbs are changed to blue bulbs, and many of our neighbors have joined us in this as well, in honor of Autism Speaks’ WAAD Light It Up Blue! campaign.
We are wearing blue both today and tomorrow, and attending a couple of local events here in Youngstown.

I am so proud, even in awe at times, of my son. He is smart, intelligent, bright, funny, does great in school, is a total computer geek, and is the love of my life.

He has Asperger Syndrome (a disorder on the Autism spectrum). I celebrate his uniqueness.

I celebrate my son!

Here are just a few links for World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). You’ll find events, materials that you can use around the internet, ideas to help you celebrate WAAD, and more.

World Autism Awareness Day
Light It Up Blue!
Autism Speaks

World Autism Awareness Day is a very important day for the “world” of Autism.

On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, tabled by the State of Qatar, which declares April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) in perpetuity. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Consort of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, supported the campaign for a World Autism Awareness Day through the current 62nd UN General Assembly Session, garnering consensus support from all United Nations Member States.

This UN resolution is one of only three official disease-specific United Nations Days and will bring the world’s attention to autism, a pervasive disorder that affects tens of millions. The World Autism Awareness Day resolution encourages all Member States to take measures to raise awareness about autism throughout society and to encourage early diagnosis and early intervention. It further expresses deep concern at the prevalence and high rate of autism in children in all regions of the world and the consequent developmental challenges.

World Autism Awareness Day shines a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis. WAAD activities help to increase and develop world knowledge of the autism epidemic and impart information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. Additionally, WAAD celebrates the unique talents and skills of persons with autism and is a day when individuals with autism are warmly welcomed and embraced in community events around the globe.

By bringing together autism organizations all around the world, we will give a voice to the millions of individuals worldwide who are undiagnosed, misunderstood and looking for help. Please join us in our effort to inspire compassion, inclusion and hope.

copied from www.worldautismawarenessday.org with permission.

This year, on the night of April 1, the Empire State Building and the Willis Center in Chicago will light their buildings in blue to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day. I’m sure that there will be many more businesses and corporations to join them.

I’m making it more personal. I’m changing our outside lights to blue bulbs, and asking everyone on our street to do the same.

And now, I’m asking you to make it personal. Please join me. Change your porch lights, torch lights, etc, to blue bulbs, and let us commemorate WAAD together.

I can only imagine how these kids, and adults, will feel when they see these lights burning blue, and know it is for them !!!