World Autism Awareness Day

 

Autistic children can benefit from early behavioural interventions or speech therapy to help them develop self-care, social, and communication skills. Even though there is no cure, there have been reports of children who have had positive results. Some autistic people are incapable of living on their own. There has arisen an autistic society, with some people finding a cure and others suggesting that autism should be recognized as a difference to be accommodated rather than cured. Autistic children can benefit from early behavioural interventions or speech therapy to help them develop self-care, social, and communication skills. Although there is no cure, there have been reports of children who have had positive results. Some autistic people are incapable of living on their own. There has arisen an autistic society, with some people finding a cure and others suggesting that autism should be recognized as a difference to be accommodated rather than cured. As of 2015, autism is thought to affect 24.8 million people worldwide. In the early 2000s, the global prevalence of autism was estimated to be 1–2 per 1,000 individuals. As of 2017, approximately 1.5 percent of children in developing countries have been diagnosed with ASD, up from 0.7 percent in the United States in 2000. Males are four to five times more likely than females to develop it. Since the 1960s, the number of people diagnosed has risen sharply, possibly due to improvements in diagnostic practice.

Every year on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day is observed worldwide, urging United Nations Member States to raise awareness of people with autistic spectrum disorders such as autism and Asperger syndrome. It was founded by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. On November 1, 2007, the council passed a resolution designating November 1 as "World Autism Awareness Day," which was adopted on December 18, 2007. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Consort of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, presented the resolution, which was unanimously adopted by all UN member states. The UN General Assembly passed and adopted this resolution without a vote, primarily as a supplement to previous UN efforts to promote human rights. World Autism Day is one of only seven official United Nations health-related days. Individual autism groups worldwide come together on this day to help with topics like testing, diagnosis, care, and acceptance for those who have a developmental path affected by autism.

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Theme: 'Inclusion in the Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic World'

Symbol: The Autism Awareness Puzzle Ribbon is the world's most well-known and enduring icon of the autism community. However, thoughts on the iconic marker are as varied as the range it reflects.

"Persons with autism have long faced many of these inequalities, which have only been further exacerbated by the pandemic. It’s a problem made worse by long recognized discriminatory hiring practices and workplace environments that present major obstacles for persons with autism; all of which contribute to the unemployment or severe underemployment of a large majority of adults on the autism spectrum.”