Autism Blue Light Day

A pril 2 is world autism awareness day and people are wearing the color blue to raise awareness for the developmental disorder.

Autism blue light day.

Some landmarks that have turned blue for the day in the past include. The initiative is generally associated with autism speaks. Get official lightitupblue gear at our estore. I hate social media activism too although to be honest i wasn t aware that light it up blue was a thing.

Wear something blue on april 2 in support of understanding and acceptance for people with autism. Print out our lightitupblue sign take a selfie with it and post it with lightitupblue. There are numerous articles detailing the read more. World autism awareness day is an internationally recognized event.

It is intended to raise international awareness of autism in support of both world autism awareness day and autism awareness month in the united states. March 25 2016 at 2 45 pm yes. That s the month i always dread because my facebook feed is flooded with posts by my autistic friends on how much they loathe autism speaks and the whole light it up blue campaign thing and then. It s all part of light it up blue a campaign spearheaded by the organization autism speaks that aims to foster.

On april 2 the world will turn blue in honor of world autism awareness day. Landmarks around the world will also turn blue in support of the cause. Signs and symptoms of autism light sensitivity. Image courtesy of autism speaks.

Joined by the international community hundreds of thousands of landmarks buildings homes and communities around the world come together on april 2 autism awareness day to light it up blue in recognition of people with autism and those who love and support them. Light it up blue annually observed on april 2 is dedicated to raising awareness of autism. 204 comments on 5 shocking reasons not to light it up blue for autism day. The light it up red instead walkinred counter campaign originated in 2015 to boycott autism speaks and recapture the narrative of autism awareness and acceptance.

Light your home or business with blue light bulbs. Theraspecs have been shown to reduce sensitivities due to fluorescent lighting by filtering out blue wavelengths as well as the invisible pulsing that is part of its core functioning this can reduce the likelihood of it triggering pain and other symptoms. It s world autism day and many actuallyautistics are wearing red to celebrate. The thirteenth annual world autism awareness day is april 2 2020.

Light it up blue is all over the place since it s april autism awareness month.