World Autism Day

On 2 April we aim to highlight the need to help improve the lives of children and adults who suffer from the disorder so they can lead full and meaningful lives.
"The United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day to highlight the need to help improve the lives of children and adults who suffer from the disorder so they can lead full and meaningful lives." United Nations
Here UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a little help from his friends to talk about the day
The diagram below highlights some of the challenges facing autistic people every day:
Books can often help to give us an insight into the lives and experience of others.
The Librarians have suggested the following books in honour of Autism Awareness Day 2014:
- Suzanne Carlisle Crowley The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous
- Siobhan Dowd The London Eye Mystery
- Kathryn Erskine Mockingbird
- Kathy Hoopman Inside Asperger's Looking Out
- Kathy Hoopman All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
- Kathy Hoopman Haze
- Tara Kelly Harmonic Feedback
- Ashley Miller Colin Fischer
- Lynn Lachmann-Miller Rogue
- Francisco X. Stork Marcelo in the Real World
Link to the United Nations Website:
http://www.un.org/en/events/autismday/