World Autism Awareness Day

On April 2 every year, the global autism community celebrates World Autism Awareness Day, which was declared in perpetuity by the United Nations in 2007. Join in at www.lightitupblue.org

The eighth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2015. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events.

Facebook has a page set up to commemorate the day, and it's already gained almost 800K likes.

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