World Autism Awareness Day

April is Autism Acceptance Month and today (April 2) is World Autism Awareness Day!

We asked some of the autistic folks in our community to share what autism acceptance means to them. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:

"The thing I want people to know is that we aren't broken. There is absolutely nothing wrong with us. Our brains are wired slightly differently from the neurotypical population, but that doesn't make us any less. We are not failed neurotypicals." — J.R. Reed

"I want people to know that Autism Acceptance Month is a staging point for the rest of the year, we don't just exist for a day or a month. We are here all the time! Acceptance includes accommodations and patience in the workplace and once we have the proper accommodation many of us are able to thrive and achieve so much more than we are given credit for." — B Butcher

"I want people to know that being autistic doesn’t make me any less of a student, employee, spouse, friend, community member, family member, or parent. Being autistic helps me shine in all that I am and do in life. Autism acceptance means I’m able to be authentically myself and the focus is on getting to know me as a whole person rather than trying to cure, fix, change, or hide my autism or any other parts of who I am." — Kris McElroy

What does autism acceptance mean to you?

👋 P.S. Read the full Mighty story here: 13 Autistic People Share What Autism Acceptance Means to Them

#Autism #Neurodiversity #neurodivergent #AutismAcceptanceMonth #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #MentalHealth #CheckInWithMe

April is Autism Acceptance Month and April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day
#worldautismday2022 #worldautismday2022 #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptanceMonth #autismacceptancemonth2022 #autismawarenessmonth2022 #autismawarenessmonth #Autism #AutismAwareness #Autism #AutismAcceptance #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #AutismAcceptanceMonth

“I am different, not less” - Temple Grandin
#Autism #Dup15qSyndrome #Parenting #RareDisease #MightyTogether

Celebrate a World Autism Awareness Day and a belated World Bipolar Day with our panel at 3pm PT / 6pm ET talking about the intersectionality of living with both: mgty.co/MentalHealthFB

  #Autism   #BipolarDisorder   #WorldBipolarDay   #WorldAutismAwarenessDay

🌍 Today is world autism awareness day 🌍

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, for autistic people and their parents/carers autism awareness is 24/7 365.

I have been thinking today about our lives and how they fit within today’s world and actually they fit pretty well. I want to send all my love out to everyone struggling at this weird time in our planets history. We will survive because...

🌈 Someone with autism taught me about isolation a long time ago. We find peace in it.
🌈 Someone with autism taught me that patience is a skill to be learnt not a character trait.
🌈 Someone with autism showed me what inner strength really is and how best to draw on it.
🌈 Someone with autism taught me to listen with my heart and my eyes as well as my ears. You hear so much more that way.
🌈 Someone with autism showed me how to be happy in the here and now.
🌈Someone with autism taught me to never stop fighting for what I believe in.
🌈 Someone with autism showed me sometimes there is no one to blame.
🌈 Someone with autism taught me it’s ok to not be ok.
🌈Someone with autism showed me the world is perfectly imperfect and that is ok.
🌈 Someone with autism can turn my tears into a smile with just one look.
🌈 Someone with autism is my lighthouse in a storm.
🌈 Someone with autism is my hero. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #AutismAwarenessMonth #Autism #Somethingaboutsam #meetthesenparent