World Autism Awareness Day

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Awareness Month. Let me share a couple of my favorites poems/quotes/videos/talks for you....

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LET ME BE MYSLEF. (by Ruth Reardon)

Grow according to my own uniqueness..
My personality, my talents are not the same as cousin Joe's...
He knows the alphabet...well, so what!
He also spits at me if I beat him in race...
Comparing us will make us feel as though we're being measured...and we'd better "measure up!"
Let me be "me" and he be "he"...then happier we all shall be...

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"Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!"
-Kimputer, Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Main. 

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 " Autism itself is not the enemy... the barriers to development that are included with autism are the enemy. The retardation that springs from a lack of development is the enemy. The sensory problems that are often themselves the barriers are the enemy. These things are not part of who the child is... they are barriers to who the child is meant to be, according to the developmental blueprint. Work with the child's strengths to overcome the weaknesses, and work within the autism, not against it, to overcome the developmental barriers. "
- Frank Klein, autistic -

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 “I am different, not less ”
  -Temple Grandin

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“You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different.”
- Daniel Tammet

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Join Autism Speaks in celebrating World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 and Light It Up Blue to help shine a light on autism. Whether it's your tshirt or dress or  front porch or your local city hall, an office party or a banquet, the whole world is going blue to increase awareness about autism. I know i'm not a profesional, but i want to learn and help them. So let's Light It Up Blue to support them :) Especially in Indonesia too!