Today (April 2nd) is World Autism Day!

I know it has been a while since I posted on this blog, but World Autism Day is too important to pass up, so here I am. 

World Autism Day should serve as a reminder to all of us of a few things about autism: 

1. The incidence and prevalence of Autism are NOT affected by any vaccines of any kind. 

2. Autism affects all ethnic and socioeconomic groups. 

3. Autism cannot be medically detected with current practices and technology. 

4. Autism is diagnosed more in biological males over biological females. 

5. Early intervention, as with most health conditions, is the best opportunity for a chance at a fruitful life for those living with autism. 

For more valuable statistics, you may go here: https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-statistics-asd

What else can you do to observe World Autism Day?

First off, if you have a loved one in the spectrum, give them a big hug! For 10 more inspiring ideas go here: https://blog.stageslearning.com/blog/10-ways-to-celebrate-world-autism-day

Parting Thoughts: Autism is heavily misunderstood. We are also not anywhere near developing a good understanding of autism. It is important to support valid research and development for better diagnoses and therapies. Moreover, it is key that those who have conditions along the autism spectrum should be welcomed and integrated into society as well as possible. 

Should you wish to remind yourself of future recurrences of the World Autism Day, you can follow this link:

References:

1. Cover Image: pexels.com/photo/orange-green-and-yellow-puzzle-pieces-8386187/

2. Autism Awareness Day Image: https://pixabay.com/vectors/puzzle-autism-autistic-awareness-7085922/

World Autism Day and World Autism Month

Just this morning (it is still the 2nd of April as I compose the email) I found out that the UN declared April 2nd and the month of April, Autism awareness day and month. This is obviously one of the best things the UN has done. Autism is a general term for a class of conditions that cause people to be differently able.

I wish I had known earlier, so that I could have alerted you all to it myself, and written about some of the latest research to help people with autism integrate well. Our busy lives keep us all quite occupied and therefore, many moons ago, I created a calendar, to remind myself. I have created two events, if you wish to remind yourself:

World Autism Month:



Note: Unfortunately, Google doesn't allow me to take a monthly block event and repeat it annually. I will try to figure something out for this.

Meanwhile, here is an event that will repeat itself annually and you can set reminders to yourself after importing:




I will try to post more after I have had time to gather my thoughts.

Image: https://pixabay.com/images/id-2377410/