Time for my annual rejection of Autism Awareness Day and Month.<\/p>\n
No thank you, we\u2019re all overly \u201caware” of autism.<\/p>\n
There are puzzle-piece car magnets and bumper stickers in the parking lot I use at the university. Local businesses have the \u201clight it up blue\u201d posters in their windows. Local radio and television air public service announcements every hour.<\/p>\n
Enough.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a month of promoting Autism Speaks, an organization I don\u2019t support and neither do many autistic self-advocates.<\/p>\n
Tonight, I\u2019m not going to link to the past posts or to any of the 100s of stories appearing online today.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an exhausting month. I will let someone else engage in the arguments.<\/p>\n
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Time for my annual rejection of Autism Awareness Day and Month. No thank you, we\u2019re all overly \u201caware” of autism. There are puzzle-piece car magnets and bumper stickers in the parking lot I use at the university. Local businesses have the \u201clight it up blue\u201d posters in their windows. Local…<\/p>\n