Dear Readers,
This month marks an important time for neurodiversity. Throughout April, we will be celebrating World Autism Awareness month. The event was launched in 1972, and was originally called National Autistic Children’s week. Its main purpose is to increase awareness and spark change in schools, communities, medical facilities and businesses.
This month, the National Autistic Society are encouraging people with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome to share their stories and make their voices heard. Some Autistic people are non-verbal. By sharing my own perspective, I am able to not only raise awareness of my own challenges, but also help others who may not have a voice.
This month also marks a time when we encourage society to embrace neurodiversity, to appreciate and celebrate those individuals who may otherwise be marginalised, to practice kindness and embrace individual differences, with the main goal of raising awareness about Autism acceptance and to generally promote inclusion and connectedness. In this way, society as a whole benefits, not just those with additional needs.
This month, I will be dedicating this blog to individuals on the autism spectrum. My posts will focus on the challenges that people like us may face and the schemes that have been put in place to accommodate us. This period will also bring excitement, as we look forward to bringing about change.
Before I go, I’m curious about other events created for acceptance or inclusion. What other national days or months do you know of that celebrate the different people in our society?
I hope you enjoyed this week’s blog post, and I can’t wait to see you back next week!
You should connect with @mario major and his Substack @The Asperger Language. You are living in a parallel world. I have a special needs son (now 32), so I am also in this world.