Autism Awareness Month. This is not a condition that we can run from nor are there cures right around the corner, but we can learn through the eyes of those who deal with it every day. Many amazing people have grown up facing the prejudice of the world because they were different, but didn’t let it dampen nor demean who they were. Autism Awareness Month helps us learn that while they face certain challenges, those who face the world are people just like you and me.
History
The Society for Autism founded in 1965 by Dr. Rimland, to promote research and help as well as guidance for those who lived with this condition, and to support those living with the people who face the world with Autism gain a better understanding of what was going on with their loved ones. The Society for Autism went to bat for Autism sufferers by helping to establish legislation in Section 504 of the disabilities act to recognize and protect them.
Their campaigns started in the early 1970’s and are still going today; Autism Awareness Month was established to promote a better understanding between those with Autism and be a part of the world they live in, not stand outside looking in. The face of Autism isn’t set in stone, and there are multiple ways it can manifest. Every person who lives their life with this condition faces different challenges depending on where they lay on the Autistic Spectrum, and which facets of the condition the experience most severely.
How to celebrate Autism Awareness Month
Go out to a seminar or conference to gain a better understanding of how to recognize and support those with the illness is a great way to start. You can also take some time out of your life to run or walk a marathon to support the Research. You can start by buying a ribbon to help fund research into this condition, and to help the world understand the lives of those that live with this condition.
29th April - World Wish Day
How it started
It was the wish of seven-year-old Leukaemia sufferer Chris Greicius to become a police officer. When police heard about this they wanted to help and granted his wish. Young Chris was a police officer for one day on the 29th April 1980. Others heard about this and thought that granting wishes for sick children was a good idea. So, the Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded and became one of the best-known children’s charities in the world.
This led to the birth of World Wish Day – the anniversary of the day the police granted Chris’ wish. There are now 48 countries involved in World Wish Day. People celebrate wish-granting across the globe by making dreams come true for sick children. Anyone who wants to get involved in this celebration can spread the word using social media sites, donate money to the charity or refer a child they know.
Go Diaper Free Week
April 26-May 2, 2020
Did you ever stop to think about what people did before there were diapers? Yes, believe it or not, such a day did in fact exist and yet babies still existed and needed to be potty trained! So how exactly do you suppose they kept their homes clean of baby’s accidents until they learned to use whatever they had for toilets?
Well, it all started with early potty training that didn’t include bribes or treats! Go Diaper Free Week is your chance to try the techniques that are provided by godiaperfree.com, and free yourself from diaper dependency once and for all.
History of Go Diaper Free Week
Diapers are expensive, messy, and incredibly bad for the environment, let’s start there. Then you also have to consider that cloth diapers, while definitely better on all counts, still require washing and that consumes a lot of water. Further, there’s nothing pleasant or healthy about having feces and urine pressed up against your skin, a reality that exists with even the most absorbent diapers.
Andrea Olson established Go Diaper Free Week to help parents all over the world use Elimination Communication to free themselves and their children from diaper dependency. Her techniques apply gentle techniques that don’t use treat giving or other forms of coercion to see to your child’s hygiene, and has even developed tools to help you begin this process at birth! She developed the techniques with her own children, starting with her son (which she states was quite difficult! It was a brand new method!) and has since refined through her second and now third child! In each case she has made her methods more approachable for parents everywhere with new resources for diaper wearing children of all ages.
Go Diaper Free Week is your opportunity to examine these techniques and learn as much as much as you can about gently guiding your children into a diaper free existence.
How To Celebrate Go Diaper Free Week
Simply go to godiaperfree.com and start learning Andrea Olson’s techniques to freeing yourself and your children from dependence on diapers. Imagine finally being able to free yourself from the diaper genie or storing and washing dirty cloth diapers, using techniques that are much more effective than bribery with toys, candy, or just outright pleading. Even if your children are over 18 months, there are still methods to help them finally break free of diapers! Go Diaper Free Week gives you the chance to finally be free of diaper dependency, forever!
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