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Monday, April 2, 2012

There are many colors on the spectrum

“Autism Awareness” puzzle-piece ribbon magnet
Photo by Cynthia Parkhill

There are many colors on the autism spectrum. Happy Autism Awareness Day.

Read U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Autism Awareness Day at
http://www.un.org/en/events/autismday/2012/sgmessage.shtml.

Here are my autism blogging picks for World Autism Day:

Steve Silberman: Autism Awareness is not enough:
http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2012/04/02/autism-awareness-is-not-enough-heres-how-to-change-the-world/

 Lynne Soraya: Stigma and the “othering” of Autism:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/aspergers-diary/201204/stigma-and-the-othering-autism

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