Tuesday, March 25, 2014

There are many websites, blogs, and Facebook pages dedicated to Autism and Aspbergers awareness. One medium I find particularly helpful is the Facebook page Autism Speaks.

The Facebook page is updated daily, and often with several updates through out the day. The user intereaction is rich with videos, images, and much more. April is Autism awareness month and April 2nd is World Autism Day.

The Autism Speaks page consists of beautiful and bright shades of blue to promote World autism Day, as they encourage everyone to wear blue and  light houses with blue lights in order to shine a light on Autism.

 According to the page, the mission of Autism Speaks is to "aim to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is their firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle."

Autism Speaks is the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization. The organization works to help with the funding of research in regards to the causes, prevention, and treatments for autism.