Today is April 2nd and we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day! For our family… autism awareness day is EVERY day! It’s every time we leave the house, go to school, vacation, home.. every day… every where…

But I still think it’s great to celebrate this day! It gives others the opportunity to talk about autism, ask questions, bring awareness.. and hopefully more acceptance. And that is my goal.. for not only myself and my family to raise awareness but for others to do the same!

We love seeing our community come together and educate our children in school. They’re teaching our children about autism and they go above and beyond to bring acceptance and inclusion into our classrooms.

This year, Ethan’s make shop teacher had little puzzle pieces made for him to pass out to his friends. He brought them home and he painted them with his brother.

He loved painting them and kept saying “friends” it was so sweet!

After they were finished painting, I wrote a few kind words on them. I thought it would brighten the day for each and every person he gave one too! And it surely did! The kids LOVED them!

It was a nice day celebrating World Autism Awareness Day! Ethan had a great day at school passing out his puzzle pieces to his friends! He then did a LIVE video with me over on my Love Hope & Autism page on Facebook and he did awesome! We talked about his day AND the exciting news about our book! If you don’t follow along on Facebook, here is the link!

https://www.facebook.com/LoveHopeandAutism/

I ended the night with some amazing friends celebrating Team Cassie (my friends daughter) and listening to her beautiful voice as she sang her favorite songs! She is truly remarkable and has a voice of an angel.

I hope you all had a great day sharing your stories with others and helping our world understand autism a little bit better. If you didn’t get the opportunity today, there’s always tomorrow! Every day is a new day to share your journey and advocate for your child and others.

Be the change you want to see in the world!