Autism Blue Light Day

It s all part of light it up blue a campaign spearheaded by the organization autism speaks that aims to foster.

Autism blue light day.

It s world autism day and many actuallyautistics are wearing red to celebrate. Landmarks around the world will also turn blue in support of the cause. 204 comments on 5 shocking reasons not to light it up blue for autism day. Niagara falls the united nations the empire state building the white house and state government buildings.

It is intended to raise international awareness of autism in support of both world autism awareness day and autism awareness month in the united states. World autism awareness day is an internationally recognized event. The thirteenth annual world autism awareness day is april 2 2020. The initiative is generally associated with autism speaks.

That s the month i always dread because my facebook feed is flooded with posts by my autistic friends on how much they loathe autism speaks and the whole light it up blue campaign thing and then. I hate social media activism too although to be honest i wasn t aware that light it up blue was a thing. Light it up blue annually observed on april 2 is dedicated to raising awareness of autism. A pril 2 is world autism awareness day and people are wearing the color blue to raise awareness for the developmental disorder.

Light your home or business with blue light bulbs. Joined by the international community hundreds of thousands of landmarks buildings homes and communities around the world come together on april 2 autism awareness day to light it up blue in recognition of people with autism and those who love and support them. Others will wear blue to support the awareness campaign initiated by autism speaks. Light it up blue is all over the place since it s april autism awareness month.

Get official lightitupblue gear at our estore. Signs and symptoms of autism light sensitivity. On april 2 the world will turn blue in honor of world autism awareness day. Print out our lightitupblue sign take a selfie with it and post it with lightitupblue.

I m so sorry that you have to deal with this craziness on top of taking care of your precious little man. There are numerous articles detailing the read more. March 25 2016 at 2 45 pm yes. Theraspecs have been shown to reduce sensitivities due to fluorescent lighting by filtering out blue wavelengths as well as the invisible pulsing that is part of its core functioning this can reduce the likelihood of it triggering pain and other symptoms.

Some landmarks that have turned blue for the day in the past include.