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• World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, Designated by UN General Assembly

  Published: December 5, 2007, 10:19 pm

  Tags: United Nations General Assembly, Qatar, World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, Autism

  The Gulf Times reports that the UN General Assembly Third Committee has approved a draft resolution, which was introduced by Qatar and co-sponsored by 50 member states, on the designation of the World Autism Awareness Day to be observed annually on April 2 beginning in 2008.

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• Autism News of the Year - 2007

  Published: December 14, 2007, 5:49 am

  Tags: Unified Theory Of Autism, Faces Of Autism, Autism Health Care, Autism Genome Scan, Autism Disorders, World Autism Awareness Day, Aap, Autism Awareness, Autism Every Day

  Academy of Pediatric autism reports published:Identification and Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism Awareness (3 Way Tie)Autism Every Day Video screening at the Sundance Film Fesitval.Faces of Autism series published in the Vancouver Sun.World Autism Awareness

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• Sundance Channel Features Autism Every Day on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day

  Published: February 15, 2008, 4:28 am

  Tags: Autism Disorders, Sundance Channel, Robert Redford, World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, Autism Speaks, Autism, Lauren Thierry, Autism Every Day

  Lauren Thierry's documentary Autism Every Day on April 2, 2008, which has been designated World Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations. The film, which debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, documents a typical 24-hour day in the lives of eight families struggling to raise children with autism. Autism Every Day premieres on April 2nd

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• World Autism Awareness Day Resolution

  Published: March 8, 2008, 3:57 pm

  Tags: United Nations, Autism Disorders, World Autism Awareness Day, Autism Awareness, April 2, Asd, Autism

  to designate 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day, to beobserved every year beginning in 2008;2. Invites all Member States, relevant organizations of the United Nationssystem and other international organizations, as well as civil society, includingnon-governmental organizations and the private sector, to observe World AutismAwareness Day

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• Run the Dream Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day

  Published: April 2, 2008, 6:43 am

  Tags: Autism Spectrm Disorders, Jonathan Howard, World Autism Awareness Day, Run The Dream, Autism Awareness, Autism Society Canada, Asd, Autism

  OF UNITED NATIONS WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY Internet-enabled video interviews with parents, family members, caregivers, and persons with an Autism Spectrum Disorder will be recorded and made available for the public on the Run the Dream website.April 2, 2008 is the first annual United Nations (UN) World Autism Awareness Day,

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• Faces of Autism on World Autism Awareness Day

  Published: April 1, 2008, 5:18 am

  Tags: Kristi Jansen, Faces Of Autism, Vancouver Sun, World Autism Awareness Day, Autism Awareness, Glenn Baglo, Autism, Pete Mcmartin

  in the discussion of autism issues by people trying to actually help the many children and adults with autism disorders. At worst CNN coverage misrepresents the nature of autism and autism interventions. But there is some good media coverage of autism available. For World Autism Awareness Day I personally recommend that anyone

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• Will World Autism Awareness Day Raise Autism Awareness or Create Autism Confusion?

  Published: March 31, 2008, 6:18 am

  Tags: Autism Myths, Amanda Baggs, Michigan, Autism Spectrum Disorders, World Autism Awareness Day, Cnn, Facilitated Communication, Asd, Autism

  2 is World Autism Awareness Day. Hopefully the UN declaration will have the effect of creating real awareness of Autism Disorder and the related Pervasive Developmental Disorders. The prospects of that happening are slim though. It is much more likely that more confusion about autism will be created by the large media organizations such

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• Autism Society Canada Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day with Call to Action

  Published: March 26, 2008, 5:27 pm

  Tags: Autism Spectrum Disorders, World Autism Awareness Day, Autism Society Canada, Asd, Autism

  adopted resolution 62/139 World Autism Awareness Day, by unanimous consent, encouraging UN Member States to take measures to raise world-wide awareness about autism and to promote early diagnosis, early intervention and necessary services for individuals with ASD and their families. The resolution designates April 2nd as World Autism Awareness

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• World Autism Awareness Day Has Come and Gone - Now What?

  Published: April 4, 2008, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Neurodiversity, Amanda Baggs, Autistic Disorder, Aba, World Autism Awareness Day, Cnn, University Of New Brunswick, Applied Behavior Analysis

  has been made. The first World Autism Awareness Day has come and gone. CNN, to their credit, featured many more faces of autism, albeit briefly. CNN, to its discredit, returned to its fixation with "atypical" autistic person Amanda Baggs and her neurodiversity, "WE don't want a cure", ideology. But there is no denying that people around

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• Autism and Human Rights in Canada

  Published: May 15, 2008, 5:39 am

  Tags: Human Rights, World Autism Awareness Day, Stefan Marinoiu, Autism

  is Bloggers Unite for Human Rights Day, May 15, 2008. The United Nations recently declared and celebrated April 2, 2008 as the first World Autism Awareness Day. The celebration of the event brought an inundation of media and other attention to autism and autism issues. Hopefully this historic development will lead to the recognition of the

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• Senator Jim MunsonTables Bill To Recognize World Autism Awareness Day

  Published: June 17, 2008, 11:40 am

  Tags: Autism Canada, World Autism Awareness Day, Senator Donald Oliver, Autism Awareness, Senator Jim Munson, Autism

  TABLES BILL TO RECOGNIZE WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY OTTAWA, June 10, 2008 The Honourable Jim Munson, Senator ( Ottawa Rideau Canal ), today introduced a bill to recognize April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day. By recognizing World Autism Awareness Day, Canada will join 192 other United Nations members who agreed that

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