Summit Academy Gets A Playground!
My son’s school finally has a playground! This is a wonderful thing for the children. And it all came about because of one teacher’s tenacity and persistence, and was paid for with 100% donations (no grants)!
Thank you WKBN/WYTV for answering my call, and giving this great day for our school some media coverage.
Love this station!
Lighting It Up Blue with WKBN
One of our local television stations called today and asked for an interview about Light It Up Blue and World Autism Awareness Day! The reporter spent quite a bit of time with us, even filmed my son designing a new race car on his Need For Madness computer game. She also did a short interview with my neighbor, Carol, who is supporting us in this initiative. Love it!
Here’s the website version of the interview, but it’s nothing compared to what they showed on TV.
Interview
I did an interview with our local newspaper concerning World Autism Awareness Day and Light It Up Blue.
You can read it here – Public Encouraged To Use Blue For Autism Awareness Month.
LIGHT IT UP BLUE!
Ok Folks it is time to kick it off big time now! April 2nd is WORLD Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), and I’d like for y’all to join with me in commemorating WAAD and celebrating the beauty and uniqueness that is the autistic child.
Facts that you may or may not know – 1 in 110 children are diagnosed with Autism, or an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) each year. 1 in 70 of those children are boys.
My own son was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and other disorders on the Autism spectrum, about 6 years ago. Most people would take this… Continue reading
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Leave a commentApril is Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness month. April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.
The month is kicked off with the Light It Up Blue campaign, where businesses, important buildings throughout the entire world, and neighbors and friends, change their outside lightbulbs to blue, to honor and encourage those who are diagnosed with any form of Autism.
It is my hope that ALL of my friends and family will join in this effort and honor not only my son, but anyone you know, who has autism.
I would truly love to see my neighborhood, and city (and yours) lit up blue the… Continue reading
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