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Students were encouraged to wear blue, dress up as something they love, style a funky hairdo or sport a fun hat, and wear tie dye, according to a flyer shared with parents. ... On World Autism Day ...
Project Pink Blue started in 2013 as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) community development project, [4] [5] known as Project Pink [6] through which Runcie C. W. Chidebe, carried out a breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening [7] for 165 women in Kabusa community, a suburb of Abuja.
In 2011, the first Autism Acceptance Day celebrations were organized by Paula Durbin Westby, as a response to traditional "Autism Awareness" campaigns which the Autistic community found harmful and insufficient. [113] [114] Autism Acceptance Day is now held every April. [113] "Awareness" focuses on informing others of the existence of autism ...
Aspies For Freedom (AFF) is a solidarity and campaigning group that aimed at raising public awareness of the autism rights movement.The aim of Aspies For Freedom is to educate the public that the autism spectrum is not always a disability, and that there are advantages as well as disadvantages. [1]
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The original resolution had four main components: the establishment of the second day of April as World Autism Awareness Day, [11] beginning in 2008 invitation to Member States and other relevant organizations to the UN or the international societal system, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create initiatives to raise public awareness of autism
The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR), based in Princeton, New Jersey, was a non-profit advocacy organization, founded by parents of children with autism concerned about the limited funding available for research.
The White House lit in blue in honor of World Autism Awareness Day, 2017. Wright helped launch the Autism Speaks' Light It Up Blue campaign and the annual World Focus on Autism event. [42] Light It Up Blue is a campaign to raise awareness of autism in support of both World Autism Awareness Day, observed on April 2, and the beginning of Autism ...