Tuesday, 04 May 2010

• The Empowered Autism Appreciation Month

   

  

  Now, I’ll admit right now that I’m no fluffy optimist. I’m not as bitter and blustery as several of my *ahem* fellow bloggers, but I do have a sarcastic side, I try not to be too corny.

  All that being said, I had high hopes for Autism Awareness Month every year. I truly enjoy the people with autism that I know, and, framed simply, I want others to be aware of how cool it can be to really know someone with autism.
  

  So every April, I get a little geeked out thinking about how more people will find about autism…and then the big month comes, and guess what?
  1. My google alerts are full of sob stories and fundraiser alerts.
  2. I don’t see any more public appreciation than usual (which isn’t much) for any:

• cool projects that people with autism are working on
• cool stuff that other people do to empower people with autism
• kudos about how hard people with autism seem to work, all year round, to make sense of neurotypical rules and behavior, and to cope with a consistently high level of sensory overload.

So, since we are calling dibs on months to squawk about stuff, I would like to declare the month of May: The Empowered Autism Appreciation Month. Send me your celebrations, love stories, moments of hilarity, and victories having to do with autism. We can appreciate them together.

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