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As we approach the end of April, which is designated as Autism Awareness Month, we are celebrating some great individuals with autism at Green Oaks Education and Support. Please join us in promoting autism awareness, inclusion and self-determination for all. Help us assure that each person with autism is provided the opportunity to achieve the highest possible quality of life. #AutismAwarenessMonth

 

This month (and every month after), we challenge you to do the following:

-Recognize your own biases.

-Become more aware of our own differences and different needs.

-Make an effort to get to know someone who is unlike others we know.

-Consider easy ways to give more time, empathy and understanding to those who need it.

-Look for ways to include one another.

-Recognize we can respect another’s perspective without agreeing.

-Treat others with dignity. Respect the privacy of others, even that of our own family members.

-Understand that even those who cannot speak out loud or in our language still have something to say.

-Celebrate differences of others and fight the human nature to assign value to an individual based on what he or she can and cannot do.

 

The suggestions listed above are not just to increase autism awareness, but to help each of us gain appreciation for all people.

 

Our staff is reading A Wrinkle in Time together. While reading the book, we are focusing on the neurodiversity in the different characters. In addition to the differences we can all see on the outside of others, we want to celebrate the neurodiversity in all of us!