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This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ...
The 2002 Autism Awareness Year helped raise awareness of the serious issues concerning autism and Asperger's syndrome across the United Kingdom. [141] A major conference, Autism 2002, was held at the King's Fund in London with debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Westminster. Autism awareness ribbons were worn to mark the ...
Autism awareness ribbon – not supported by many autistic people. [101] The year 2002 was declared Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom—this idea was initiated by Ivan and Charika Corea, parents of an autistic child, Charin. [102]
Chilean Miner Jose Henriquez, standing second from right,here with the President of Chile and the 33 rescued miners - Henriquez sent a special message of support for Autism Sunday 2011 and was presented with his first autism awareness ribbon - during his UK tour in January 2011. Autism Awareness Ribbons are worn on Autism Sunday.
According to their website, Autism Awareness Campaign – United Kingdom was started in 2000 "to campaign on behalf of parents, carers, children and adults with autism and Asperger syndrome, for better public services in health, education, specialist speech therapy and respite care; for independent research into the causes of autism; for greater public awareness on Autism and Asperger's ...
Isn't there a ribbon for awareness of homophobia? I think it's rainbow-colored. That's my guess anyway. Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC) Rainbow-colored ribbons actually are traded, but I've checked the first three weblinks from the Awareness ribbon article and the second and third linked pages both mention it as "a symbol of gay pride and support for the GLBT community and their quest ...
[1] [2] Sieunarine's son was diagnosed with autism in Florida, but on returning to Trinidad she found that there was stigma facing people with disabilities and that some autistic children were living in hospitals. [2] As of April 2013, more than 450 families were registered with the society. [3] The ASTT designates April autism awareness month.
Autism in Adulthood is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research across a range of disciplines on all aspects of autism spectrum disorders in adults. It was established in 2019 and is published by Mary Ann Liebert. The founding editor-in-chief is Christina Nicolaidis (Portland State University). [1]